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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 13d

Attenuation of the SARS-2 furin-cleavage site (FCS) continues apace. It's beginning to look as if some form of FCS-weakening mutation might well become fixed in the near future. Collectively, they are at ~12% globally—a totally unprecedented level—& rising quickly. 1/4

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Mitì Vigliero @mitivigliero.bsky.social · 5h

CVD

Caso Almasri, no della Camera al processo per Nordio, Piantedosi e Mantovano

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thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers at HSE University and the Russian Academy of Sciences found a 2022 COVID sample from an HIV+ woman in Kaluga that evolved for about two years inside her body.

Clues suggest the virus persisted in her gut before reappearing in her airways.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

Frontiers | A highly divergent sample from a nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 lineage in a patient with long-term COVID-19

BackgroundAlthough COVID-19 is primarily an acute disease, there are cases of persistent infection, primarily in immunocompromised patients. It is hypothesiz...

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Otafuku3 @otafuku3.bsky.social · 2d

@doropfan.bsky.social

筆者欄すごい。HisnerさんやGueliさんも。

thetranscendedman @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers at HSE University and the Russian Academy of Sciences found a 2022 COVID sample from an HIV+ woman in Kaluga that evolved for about two years inside her body.

Clues suggest the virus persisted in her gut before reappearing in her airways.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

Frontiers | A highly divergent sample from a nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 lineage in a patient with long-term COVID-19

BackgroundAlthough COVID-19 is primarily an acute disease, there are cases of persistent infection, primarily in immunocompromised patients. It is hypothesiz...

www.frontiersin.org

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 2d

i think the wave is gone quite globally, probably still up in Indonesia, Western Europe, central and Southern South America

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JPWeiland @jpweiland.bsky.social · 2d

Both emergency dept and wastewater data suggest a rapid decline in prevalence after a relatively modest summer peak. The lull in evolution continues... with no new fast variants close behind XFG.

That being said, we're still watching BA.3.2*

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WHO @who.int · 4d

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

#BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally and represents approximately a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.
Breast cancer is highly curable if detected in its early stages and adequate treatment is provided.

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 3d

with the last upload BA.3.2.2 represents 20% of samples collected in September in Western Australia. and 40% of the most recent ones. the tree shows no cluster involved so it is circulation
nextstrain.org/fetch/genome...

Caveat Oceania and Australia have their own epi dynamics

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 3d

5 new samples : nextstrain.org/fetch/genome...

nextstrain.org

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Tom Richardson Ph.D. @cascadetommy.bsky.social · 4d

At 0:20, three agents pick him up and slam him head first into the ground. There is no justification for this, they were trying to seriously injure him

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 6d

this man refused to combat and he was jailed , today he entered Gaza and see how IDF treated him.
And be sure HAMAS would have done the same.

This is what men of peace suffer right now in the world.

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Stuart Neil @tetherin.bsky.social · 8d

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Excellent and pithy rebuttal to Norway’s own Jonny-come-lately lab leak conspiracist who had developed a self-promotion cottage industry

La oss vende tilbake til bevisene for koronapandemiens opprinnelse

Jakten på pandemiens opprinnelse er for viktig til å bli avsporet av uvitenskapelige insinuasjoner.

www.aftenposten.no

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Zach Hensel @zachhensel.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s an op-ed I wrote arguing to get back to a focus on the relevant facts when it comes to pandemic origins.

I wrote it in response to a debate that’s played out over the last year in Norwegian media that rarely slows down to check what’s true and false.

runestava.bsky.social @runestava.bsky.social · 8d

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

La oss vende tilbake til bevisene for koronapandemiens opprinnelse

Jakten på pandemiens opprinnelse er for viktig til å bli avsporet av uvitenskapelige insinuasjoner.

www.aftenposten.no

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Rhys White @rhystwhite.bsky.social · 10d

🚨New paper out!

Why does Staphylococcus aureus ST1 dominate in BOTH people🧑‍⚕️ & cows🐄 in New Zealand… but rarely elsewhere?

Our latest comparative genomics study unpacks this mystery👇

📄 doi.org/10.1128/msph...

@asm.org

#AMR #Genomics #OneHealth

🖥️🧬💻
#AcademicSky
#MicroSky
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Comparative genomics of endemic Staphylococcus aureus ST1 in New Zealand | mSphere

This study presents a comprehensive genomic analysis of S. aureus ST1, a lineage that is unusually dominant in both bovine and human populations in New Zealand. Leveraging New Zealand’s geographical i...

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Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 13d

They seem to be rising both in wastewater in Perth/Western Australia, assuming the braun KP.3.x is PE.1.4.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s the zoomed in view of their variant chart. BA.3.2.* rose sharply to 20.2% for the week ending 21-Sep-2025.

This is a small uptick from the prior week. BA.3.2.* grew the most in that week, from 7.9% to 20.2%, so is probably driving that change in momentum.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 12d

XFG.1.1 was recently defined, characterised by a reversion to Spike W452R, which captured the attention of the Variant Hunters.

XFG.1.1 has mostly been reported from North America, and has also started showing in US wastewater samples.
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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 12d

Thx Mike!

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Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 12d

New South Wales has uploaded their samples to GISAID.

They have also found a BA.3.2 for the first time!

Several were found before in Western Australia.

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Federico Gueli @siamosolocani.bsky.social · 12d

ahah :))

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 12d

Lastly, a funny story. At first, @siamosolocani.bsky.social referred to BA.3.2 as "The Great Cucumber," which we all found quite confusing. Apparently, this is the Italian translation for "The Great Pumpkin" in the classic Peanuts Halloween special. 3/3

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 12d

And though the BA.3.2 wastewater levels in Western Australia fluctuate widely from week to week, @mikehoney.bsky.social notes that the WW prevalence of the Great Pumpkin have reached their highest levels yet, at around 20%. 2/3
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 12d

BA.3.2.* (arising from a chronic case with many mutations) appears to be well established in Western Australia now, up to 20% in their recent wastewater analysis.
bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 13d

I’ve used WA Health’s COVID-19 wastewater surveillance page to estimate the number of infections of BA.3.2.

I estimate ~1,100 BA.3.2.* infections in Perth for the latest week, and ~2,600 over the last 5 reported weeks.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #BA_3_2 #Australia #WA #Perth
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 12d

"The Great Pumpkin"—@siamosolocani.bsky.social's apt nickname for BA.3.2—has now shown up in New South Wales, Australia, for the first time.

Together with its continued presence in clinical samples and wastewater in Western Australia, this confirms real community BA.3.2 transmission in AUS.
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Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 12d

New South Wales has uploaded their samples to GISAID.

They have also found a BA.3.2 for the first time!

Several were found before in Western Australia.

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Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 14d

They have started to put PE.1.4, a KP.3.1 sublineage, on the map in New South Wales/Australia.

We have seen it grow in Queensland and New Zealand as well, but it has hardly been seen outside of Oceania.

Will it stay there mostly, like XBC eg. did, or will it conquer the world?

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Alice Ledda, PhD @alicele.bsky.social · 14d

GetNews.me @getnews-me.bsky.social · 14d

Ordered Leaf Attachment (OLA) vectors encode an n‑leaf tree as an integer vector of length n‑1, enabling detection of reticulation events. Preprint submitted September 19 2025. https://getnews.me/ola-vectors-accelerate-detection-of-reticulation-in-phylogenetic-trees/ #olavectors #phylogenetics

OLA Vectors Accelerate Detection of Reticulation in Phylogenetic Trees

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 18d

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late August.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, finishing at 77% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was flat, finishing at 12%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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