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Bi Sasquatch

Source: Science News

From the article: “It could become a pandemic tomorrow, and it could never become a pandemic. We just don’t know,” says virologist Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. But “at a pandemic scale, even a ‘mild’ pathogen can be incredibly destructive.”

sciencenews.org/article/bird-f


Tags: #h5n1 #birdflu #virus #research #healthcare

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

Hi all,
I'm a scientist in Queensland, Australia. I spent 20-years in virus research/diagnostic development following MedLabSci degree. PhD in virology next. Research grants in discovery, detection & characterisation of respiratory viruses. Published (see ORCID in bio). Started blogging/tweeting hobby. Then spent 5 years in public health virology diagnostics. Fun work. 2021 to now, ran testing lab (ends soon). What's next for Ian🤷?


Tags: #introduction #virus #cats #gardening #numbers #communication

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