Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak available in GenBank

Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by vasco on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:19AM (#22167479)

Previous viruses came from pigs and chicken and cows. Unless you also advise to stop eating those this just seems a bit of a stretch.

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by 29athrowaway on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:28AM (#22167524)

There is an enourmous effort put into ensuring the safety and quality of the meat products you have mentioned.

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by M2Ys4U on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:33AM (#22167817)

Hah.

The US poultry industry is so bad at looking after their animals they have to wash carcasses in chlorine to even _approach_ safe levels of pathogens like salmonella and campylobacter.

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by vasco on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:54AM (#22169336)

I'd assume the effort is similar between bats and snakes being sold in an open air market in a Chinese village and chicken, pigs and cows being sold in an open air market in a Chinese village.

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by ovx99 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:04AM (#22167692)

Seems like someone's never left a first-world country before...

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by coldcode on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:05AM (#22168952)

The USDA is implementing a plan where the companies inspect themselves with little oversight from anyone. Maybe in Europe it's better.

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Re:Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak... by moab on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:23AM (#22167771)

There's an interesting thought.

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