Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[The binman chronicles]

I agree. I'm only going on what is reported but by all means this could be a lot more serious and dangerous than we are led to believe. Not ruling that out at all.

For example all the actual people from around the grenfall tower said the death count there was a lot higher than what was being reported from knowing how many people were in there beforehand.

Just going on everything I could possibly know about it not being Chinese or in China right now, it's a bad flu. If there is more information that suggests it's a really serious thing, we haven't been told about it , despite the hysteria.

I'd rather not get it thanks.

 

[verreauxi]

This may be a bit of a weird question and I should probably know the answer already as my degree was in biology, but why is it a DNA sequence for an RNA virus? Would have expected to see U rather than T. Is it just a case of converting all U’s to T’s?

In sequencing a RNA strand, you use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase (RT), which allows you to go from RNA to DNA (recall that most genes, when making proteins, go from DNA to RNA not vice versa). With RT, you get a copy of the RNA virus in DNA form, called copy-DNA (cDNA). So in sequencing what you'd be actually measuring and sequencing is the cDNA produced by RT from the viral RNA.

^^^^^^I'm pretty sure that's generally correct, though I could be wrong.

More generally, I find it amazing that different combinations of A's, C's, T's, G's direct and specify all life forms and their traits, from eye color we find alluring to viruses that can wipe out half the earth.

 

[wm02]

In sequencing a RNA strand, you use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase (RT), which allows you to go from RNA to DNA (recall that most genes, when making proteins, go from DNA to RNA not vice versa). With RT, you get a copy of the RNA virus in DNA form, called copy-DNA (cDNA). So in sequencing what you'd be actually measuring and sequencing is the cDNA produced by RT from the viral RNA.

^^^^^^I'm pretty sure that's generally correct, though I could be wrong.

I’ll take your word for it. Thanks!

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

In sequencing a RNA strand, you use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase (RT), which allows you to go from RNA to DNA (recall that most genes, when making proteins, go from DNA to RNA not vice versa). With RT, you get a copy of the RNA virus in DNA form, called copy-DNA (cDNA). So in sequencing what you'd be actually measuring and sequencing is the cDNA produced by RT from the viral RNA.

^^^^^^I'm pretty sure that's generally correct, though I could be wrong.

 

[peteblue]

In sequencing a RNA strand, you use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase (RT), which allows you to go from RNA to DNA (recall that most genes, when making proteins, go from DNA to RNA not vice versa). With RT, you get a copy of the RNA virus in DNA form, called copy-DNA (cDNA). So in sequencing what you'd be actually measuring and sequencing is the cDNA produced by RT from the viral RNA.

^^^^^^I'm pretty sure that's generally correct, though I could be wrong.

More generally, I find it amazing that different combinations of A's, C's, T's, G's direct and specify all life forms and their traits, from eye color we find alluring to viruses that can wipe out half the earth.

I‘m with you lads......

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

We are saved a breakthrough in tackling the virus. Our PM has gathered the great and good of British minds standing alone in the world in the face of adversity. Get your tissues out and catch those sneezes and put the GREAT back into Britain, it's the brave new innovative Britain.

Coronavirus: More Britons evacuated from Wuhan on French flight

The 11 Britons will spend two weeks in quarantine on the Wirral, with others who arrived from Wuhan.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Paris]

Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines

A 44-year-old Chinese man has died after travelling to the Philippines from the city of Wuhan.

www.bbc.com

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

Those coronavirus patients who got sent to the Wirral arrived in coaches named horseman, as in the horsemen of the apocalypse, I've seen enough zombie films to see what's happening here, best lock the tunnels now

 

[Paris]

China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

No human case of the H5N1 virus has been reported. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

Now bird flu is back.

Could the viruses combine to form a super-super virus?

 

[degsy]

Didn't take long, but here is the DNA sequence. The first sets of long "nonsensical looking" letters in the amino acids that each set of nucleotide triplets (codon) codes for. And if you scroll further down, you have the entire DNA sequence (e.g., sequence of A, T, G, C) of the virus.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 isolate Wuhan-Hu-1, co - Nucleotide - NCBI

Just had a look, Imagine that on double letter triple word squares

 

[Zatara]

Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines

A 44-year-old Chinese man has died after travelling to the Philippines from the city of Wuhan.

www.bbc.com

Theres so many Chinese here its insane.

President Duterte seems to love China...the locals arent happy.

The first couple of confirmed cases went to 4 cities in 4 days via plane which seems very suspicious to me.

 

[Paris]

Theres so many Chinese here its insane.

President Duterte seems to love China...the locals arent happy.

The first couple of confirmed cases went to 4 cities in 4 days via plane which seems very suspicious to me.

Same as Thailand.

 

[Harryflashman]

Few rumours that the echo are due to report one of the arrowe park patients brought over has Simply walked out . Unsure of the truth if it but be interesting to see the reaction .

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Few rumours that the echo are due to report one of the arrowe park patients brought over has Simply walked out . Unsure of the truth if it but be interesting to see the reaction .

I thought that if you were in quarantine you couldn't just walk out because you have no say in the matter.

 

[Harryflashman]

I thought that if you were in quarantine you couldn't just walk out because you have no say in the matter.

Like I say it could be rubbish but I’m unsure what legislation they could use to detain you at a civilian hospital to be honest .