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Reporter looks into claim that an AI epidemiologist sent the first warnings of the Wuhan virus.
That was the headline of a news story in January
wired.com/story/ai-epide… about a program called BlueDot which sent a warning Dec 31
according to new AP story, both a human-run alert system (@ProMED_mail) and a different automated system sent out alerts a day before.
Not clear these automated systems should be called "AI" anyway.
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Antonio Regalado
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I will thread some scientific information behind the $100 genome claim. 1/
2/ First of all, claim comes from Rade Drmanac, scientific founder of Complete Genomics, acquired by BGI, now called BGI Group, and part of instrument subsdiary MGI. Got that?

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3/ Their method doesn't use PCR to amplify the DNA. Allegedly makes it more accurate.

preprint:

Whole Genome Sequencing Using a Complete PCR-free Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS) Workflow biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Are you gassing up the car, stocking up on food, or making for your cabin?

If you are a technologist preparing for the coronavirus, want to share prep stories, or think personal preparation is dumb, please DM me...or post ideas to this thread!
First of all, let's revisit the poll I ran last month and see what changed.

Have you done any "pandemic shopping" yet? Bought masks, food, or water?
Here are results of same poll, last Jan 28th.
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Antonio Regalado
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many hopes pinned on remdesivir, experimental anti-viral drug.

It's for RNA viruses. Previously tested against Ebola, Nipah, MERS, in lab settings + animals.

Mechanism is classic wrench in the works. drug metabolized into ersatz nucleotides that mess up viral replication. 1/3
The drug is owned by Gilead, which used similar strategy of fake nucleotides to create its Hep C blockbuster, Solvadi. 2/3
An antiviral drug that beats coronavirus would be a lot more actionable than a vaccine in the near/medium term. 3/3
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