30,000-year-old virus found in Siberian permafrost
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Thaw
mojo2004 — 10 years ago(September 11, 2015 08:25 AM)
I saw 'The Thaw' on tv last night and then this morning I read this article online. Too funny in a way.
Scientists warned that climate change may revive ancient viruses currently frozen in the Siberian permafrost. A team of scientists plan to bring back a 30,000-year-old giant virus named Mollivirus sibericum under safe conditions to better study the potential effects of Arctic and sub-Arctic warming. Mollivirus sibericum is the fourth type of prehistoric virus found since 2003 and the second such discovery by this team. "A few viral particles that are still infectious may be enough, in the presence of a vulnerable host, to revive potentially pathogenic viruses," one of the lead researchers, Jean-Michel Claverie, told AFP.
Frankenvirus emerges from Siberia's frozen wasteland
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/frankenvirus-emerges-from-siberias-frozen-wasteland/ar-AAe4q1h
Scientists Revive 30,000-Year-Old Giant Virus Before Climate Change Can
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/scientists-revive-30000-year-old-giant-virus-before-climate-change-can/ar-AAe75Hx
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bornskeptic — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 06:02 AM)
This is what is even sillier mojo - i was taking a lunch break and decided to turn on the client's tv (i am a contractor) and she had a roku box and a hd antenna. Even though i was in a relatively close in suburb of Washington DC, the only decent signals i could get through the antenna was an ep of Walker: Texas Ranger (no thanks) and the RT network. Yup, Russia Today.
They did a brief story on this Frankenvirus thing and said that some scientists wanted to, um, 'wake it up'. Then, with a completely straight face, the news anchor said - 'Let's just hope it doesn't turn into this"and they showed a couple of clips from John Carpenter's The Thing!!! I am not kidding. I almost gagged on my ham on rye! I swear it was not tongue-in-cheek, but, in their minds, a totally legit segue from the initial story.
Oh those Russkies. They so funny. -
puschit-1 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 08:58 AM)
"A few viral particles that are still infectious
may
be enough, in the presence of a
vulnerable
host, to revive
potentially
pathogenic viruses,"
That's a lot of conditions to meet and coincidences to happen and I bet there are more. It's the typical thing scientists have to say in order to get attention (and funding). If they actuall said "Well, you know, I
could
come up with a scenario where a dethawed virus could catch on and spread, but the chances for that happenening are actually very small and negliable" then they would hardly get any funding and no newspaper would print and article about a story like that.