Giant viruses with unknown genes are coming back to life. 4th ESO

We should be talking about health but this crazy end of the academical year leaves us no time. I have recently learnt about the discovery of this giant virus buried in the Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years and would like to share it with you.  Just in case you are curious and have a couple of minutes. 

It is connected to our last project about environment

Changing Climate: Growing Threat?

If long-buried viruses can be unearthed, what else might be capable of coming to the surface? Climate change as well as industrial activities may shake up the ancient ice enough to bring potential pathogens to the surface.

"Mining and drilling means ... digging through these ancient layers for the first time in millions of years. If 'viable' [viral particles] are still there, this is a good recipe for disaster," said Claverie and Abergel.

But Edward Mocarski, a professor of microbiology at Emory University, says the risk of a virus pathogenic to humans being released from the ice is very small.

You can read whole article from National Gographic

Please, just be careful!

Spanish Covid-19 expert:"There is more virus circulating now than before the state of alarm" Read the article from Elpaisinenglish

Margarita del Val, head of the Global Health initiative at Spain's CSIC.CÉSAR HERNÁNDEZ/CSIC

ARE YOU WASHING YOUR HANDS PROPERLY? I PROMISE I AM. I HAVE BEEN FOR A WEEK AT LEAST

THE SEVEN STEPS TO WASH YOUR HANDS PROPERLY.
I have been doing that lately as I am going through a flu process which kept me home today, not Corona as far as I know... but a virus after all.

Jimmy Kimmel had dedicated a few minutes to this task a couple of years ago. So, let's learn the lesson.

The rapid spread of the Coronavirus is worrying  everywhere. Even before reading this article from the The Guardian I had thought about the situation in USA where lots of workers are not paid when they are sick or are not entitled to go to emergencies and have some tests done unless they are ready to pay enormous amounts of money and get into medical debt. 
Obama, tried to reform health care in USA and Obamacare became law. 
What is the situation nowadays? If you are interested, Let's ask Katie.
Obama's common sense precautions: