TWiV 1131: Mootant influenza H5N1 virus

YouTube timestamps by Les 06:27 Please help science edutainment 06:59 Maxine Singer, 93 obit https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/10/maxine-singer-genetic-research-dies/ 10:52 Neva Lockett obit 12:34 Science in the news potential impact on science of the Supreme Court ruling in the Chevron decision 26:13 measles in New Hampshire and Vermont 28:56 new WHO proposed terminology for respiratory pathogen transmission (Nature Reviews Microbiology) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-024-01067-5 49:40 pathogenicity and transmission of bovine H5N1 influenza virus. 1:18:52 Your correspondence answered by scientists see microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1131-letters/ 1:18:54 Martin 1:21:12 Hunter 1:23:06 Charmaine 1:25:33 Robert 1:28:14 Charmaine 1:32:57 Picks of the Week Dixon 1:35:55 Rich 1:38:38 Vincent 1:40:00 Listener Picks Amy 1:40:53 If you this please donate Audio podcast timestamps by Jolene

Thanks TWiV -my Sunday Times was not delivered this morning but I can count on TWiV on Sundays. I always look forward to Sunday TWiV .

I love these scientists because logic and proof are the stuff that enlightens their lives. So often these days a I run into opinions and decisions people hold fast to without any understanding of basic issues in question. Opinions fly free of logical inquiry. Its so frustrating.

Dickson swoops in with the a-moo-sing winning title! I snickered.

I question having Vinay Prasad on TWIV. Contentious is his middle name. His choice of words and how to interpret issues tends toward to negative. At one point I was watching his You Tube and Substack but have stopped. He seems very enchanted with himself and his views. TWIV time would be better spent in my opinion.

I visit Big Bend National Park every winter….such an amazing place. Also, I just added the National Museum of the Pacific War to my bucket list. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Thank you.

Mask wearing not only stop droplets, but also maintain higher mucouseal respiratory temperature. Did we know at what tissue temperature did SARS COV2 better fit.?

I hear Professor Vincent Rancaniello @Microbe tv say viruses always mutate.

There should be a rock band called H5N1

Chevron may have wrinkles to work out for specific agencies. I think overall, laws should be written better. Constitutionally it is correct. Nowhere in the constitution does it allow any organization to make laws. Not the courts. Not the president. Congress Judges will always get experts to deal with cases. They still can. They just don’t have to except the feds as always correct.

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Vincent needs to listen to what Prasad has to say more carefully. In my interpretation lengthening the study should have changed the endpoints. Endpoints were met. Should have progressed. If you change the timeline the endpoints should have changed also. Bad statistics

Agency interpretation of the law is codified in the 'Code of Federal Regulations". One would believe that Agencies act in an unbiased manner, however some in Federal government agencies are zealots. The Agency will never relinquish power, even if wrongfully utilized. Supposedly, Agencies must seek public comments, which they do - however this is only by form and often Agencies acknowledge hundreds of comments by indicating they have read them and disallowed them. Also, agency interpretation of law and its own rules are subject to political influence and jump from far left to far right under different administrations. There are two sides of every issue.

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