A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

[tn1911]

https://www.newscientist.com/article...an-permafrost/

Seven types of viruses that have lain frozen in the Siberian permafrost for thousands of years have been revived. The youngest were frozen for 27,000 years, while the oldest was on ice for 48,500 years – making it the most ancient virus resuscitated so far.

“48,500 years is a world record,” says Jean-Michel Claverie at Aix-Marseille University in France, who did the work with his colleagues. His team has previously revived two 30,000-year-old viruses.

That's another one for the apocalypse bingo!

[Clint]

What could posibbly go wrong ?

[markm]

Fauci has a shot for that!

[just a scout]

Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD.


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[SteyrAUG]

While it's sort fun to doomsday, I suspect that we cycled through those viruses long ago and most people alive today carry immunities.

Given the time and location, even the people who crossed Bering land bridge probably survived it.

[Artos]

It's the one churned up in Dr Frankenstein's work shop you need to worry about these days...tick-tock.

[The_War_Wagon]

How much is Mickey Mauci getting from his Chinese overlords for this one?

[Todd00000]

While it's sort fun to doomsday, I suspect that we cycled through those viruses long ago and most people alive today carry immunities.

Given the time and location, even the people who crossed Bering land bridge probably survived it.

Smallpox wiped out large populations of South America; there is no guarantee that all of us were exposed to that virus.

[Miami_JBT]

Smallpox wiped out large populations of South America; there is no guarantee that all of us were exposed to that virus.

Smallpox developed after the Bearing Land Bridge migration happened. Smallpox was an evolution of man creating cities with certain domesticated livestock not found in the New World.

[SteyrAUG]

Smallpox developed after the Bearing Land Bridge migration happened. Smallpox was an evolution of man creating cities with certain domesticated livestock not found in the New World.

Thank you, saved me some typing.