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forever virologist but not a working one. past researcher. PCR guy. past lab manager. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. australian. #MasksWork https://virologydownunder.com/

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀

Another way to present how we arrive at the different orthoebolavirus species names through the wonders of human-imposed order, using taxonomy. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38240994/

Examples of real ebolavirus virion shapes (ues, the virus is real)

Exactly

Okay. Big question of the day. Is the shape on the left less likely to bring me grief as a phallic shape than my old Ebola virion graphic on the right did?

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Installed new PC speakers after my old system died. Let's not talk about the scalp wound. First thing to test them out on, #StarTrek of course! Brings tears to my eyes Movie music done this well, that takes you into space, into battle or in to a shittle toninspecy a starship is just such a gift.

Bulgaria's defense minister announced no more weapons for Ukraine, saying the war "cannot be resolved on the battlefield" Ukraine's Foreign Ministry clarified that Bulgaria was not giving weapons away anyway euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/10/b...

Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀

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Bit Crook. No graphs today.

Bundibugyo Ebola without vaccines or therapeutics: why public health fundamentals matter more than border closures. www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...

Predictive text in 'demonstrable decline' with introduction of AI-based language models www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...