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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.44-45 [SLACK_000258] · slack_pm:msg:00435

Date: 2020-05-28 13:24
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recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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*Again - please do not inform my daughters of this paper. Cat-like host - definitely a possibility. Feliformia* (also *Feloidea*) is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of *"cat-like" carnivorans*, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia (also Canoidea, "dog-like" carnivorans).[1]The separation of the Carnivora into the broad groups of feliforms and caniforms is widely accepted, as is the definition of Feliformia and Caniformia as suborders (sometimes superfamilies). The classification of feliforms aspart of the Feliformia suborder or under separate groupings continues to evolve.

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2020-05-28 11:43 Kristian G. Andersen open

It's definitely airborne (as in, some of the spread is airborne - but probably not most) - although that was less clear inthe beginning of April.
2020-05-28 12:17 Robert F. Garry open

Maybe just anecdotal evidence, but I sense a slight decline in the quality of submitted papers.*"Viruses: GeneticallyEncoded Alarm Messages For Communication Between Individuals".*I am writing this email in hope that you may be able to review the above referenced manuscript. *Please find the abstract below.* *Abstract:* According to the present alert information theory, viruses are not microorganisms external to our body, but their genetic material is already contained in the DNA/RNA of our cells, in what we know as endogenous retroviruses(ERVs). A virus would actually be an Exogenous Cellular Gene Secretion (ECGS) carrying alert information that would be produced by cells under stress. They are made up of DNA or RNA genes wrapped in a protein capsuleand, in some cases, a protective membrane. Such coatings would allow them to withstand the conditions ofdisplacement within the organism, or between different individuals, and possess a form of binding to transmit their information to a specific recipient cell. Finally, the extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted after the entry of these ECGS in the target cells, would perform,among other functions, that of second messengers of the viral message from abroad, defining the immune responseof the receptor.
2020-05-28 12:38 Robert F. Garry open

I suspect some kind of sting operation afoot with this one - you might need to know something about viruses to comeup with such gibberish.
2020-05-28 12:53 Kristian G. Andersen open

On to better papers, this is pretty interesting - especially cats: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/368/6494/1016.full.pdf Cat-like intermediate host? Probably not cats...
2020-05-28 13:24 Robert F. Garry

*Again - please do not inform my daughters of this paper. Cat-like host - definitely a possibility. Feliformia* (also *Feloidea*) is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of *"cat-like" carnivorans*, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia (also Canoidea, "dog-like" carnivorans).[1]The separation of the Carnivora into the broad groups of feliforms and caniforms is widely accepted, as is the definition of Feliformia and Caniformia as suborders (sometimes superfamilies). The classification of feliforms aspart of the Feliformia suborder or under separate groupings continues to evolve.

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