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I'll also take 'Racoon dog man'. [2020-10-16 13:44:10] [Kristian Andersen] "Fish Boy" is nice - I'll ask them. Maybe they'll counter with "Fishy Boy"... They DO have a point about Lipkin - I hate being put in the same boat as him. WHO SUGGESTED ADDING THAT TURD AS AN AUTHOR??? WHO, HUH?! [2020-10-16 13:47:05] [Eddie Holmes] Actually, true to fashion, Lipkin suggested himself as an author. I was merely the foolish turd facilitator. [2020-10-16 13:48:06] [Eddie Holmes] Think of it as a cunning way to draw some of the fire away from you. [2020-10-16 13:48:16] [Kristian Andersen] We all agreed to include him, so we can only hate you a little bit. I'll still demand a Corona beer the next time I see you though. [2020-10-16 13:48:42] [Kristian Andersen] > Think of it as a cunning way to draw some of the fire away from you. Smart - I'll remember to call it the Lipkin virus next time. [2020-10-16 13:50:19] [Eddie Holmes] If Lipkin had discovered SARS-CoV-2 he would have patented it! [2020-10-16 13:50:49] [Kristian Andersen] Maybe he did... [2020-10-16 13:51:59] [Eddie Holmes] If you're Batman Lipkin is Lex Luthor.....Lex Useless even [2020-10-16 14:40:32] [Eddie Holmes] I just got this: [2020-10-16 14:40:34] [Eddie Holmes] Dear Edwards, It would be appreciated if you would help me with the following questions on viral evolution. I want to work on predicting the next viral crisis, but I don't have a clear picture of my idea on this. Here is the idea: One of the main steps in zoonotic transfer is the ability of an animal virus to enter human respiratory cells. So we can list all surface proteins of human epithelial cells (in the respiratory tract) and then using molecular docking we predict (viral) complementary proteins. Viruses with these proteins can potentially enter human cells. By translating these proteins into nucleotides, we have a list of potentially dangerous viruses; some of them are not yet evolved. Using modeling we can estimate the required time for evolving these viruses from currently available viruses and finally figure out how far we are from the next viral crisis.