Re:First People Sickened by Covid-19 Were Chinese Scientists...
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Thursday June 15, 2023 @09:03PM
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> putting it in a mouse would NOT be zoonotic
It sounds like the claim is that it’s “from humanized (ACE2-transgenic) mice“. I assume “humanized” is referring to the genome or something else about the genetics but these organisms still shouldn’t be considered humans (or at least this opinion seems reasonable; if it’s factually wrong I’m open to being corrected).
But if it’s “from” non-human “to” human, isn’t that a zoonotic jump, or is there some mistake in this understanding?
It sounds like the claim is that it’s “from humanized (ACE2-transgenic) mice“. I assume “humanized” is referring to the genome or something else about the genetics but these organisms still shouldn’t be considered humans (or at least this opinion seems reasonable; if it’s factually wrong I’m open to being corrected).
But if it’s “from” non-human “to” human, isn’t that a zoonotic jump, or is there some mistake in this understanding?