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Martian rock samples might bring alien viruses to Earth, expert warns
New York Post ^
| May 9, 2020
| Dana Kennedy
Posted on 05/11/2020 10:27:36 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Scientists are preparing for a potential close encounter of the viral kind.
Researchers say that when humans return from a planned visit to Mars in the 2030s, they’ll have to quarantine because rock samples from the Red Planet could be as dangerous as Ebola — even if the likelihood they are is low.
Rockets returning from Mars will have to undergo a chemical cleaning involving intense heat as well.
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Trump's fault!
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:27:36 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Shut down the Solar System!
To: Ouchthatonehurt
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:30:15 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:30:43 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:31:36 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: EdnaMode
Rockets returning from Mars will have to undergo a chemical cleaning involving intense heat as well.Sounds like eating my ex-wife's chili.
To: EdnaMode
OK, so should we send the samples to Wuhan for analysis?
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:36:06 AM PDT
by
budj
(Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
To: EdnaMode
Which is why we need a Moon base first.
Leave the samples there for robots to examine.
Otherwise risk the Earth.
To: EdnaMode
Too Late , Antarctica is covered with Martian Stuff
To: EdnaMode
Why would there be viruses on a planet without any biological hosts????
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:39:08 AM PDT
by
z3n
To: EdnaMode
Wow. Someone has been watching a lot of 1950s b-movies.
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:40:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: EdnaMode
Yeah, viruses who makes rock sick and replicate using the life forces of sand.
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:41:08 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: butlerweave
Too Late , Antarctica is covered with Martian Stuff
Actually, the entire Earth is. Martian material is easier to find in Antarctica because is stands out.
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05/11/2020 10:41:12 AM PDT
by
Spirochete
(GOP: Gutless Old Party)
To: EdnaMode
I better self-isolate on this news. The universe is coming to an end.
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05/11/2020 10:46:08 AM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
To: EdnaMode
The whole premise of the story is ridiculous. Everything living on earth is the surviving end product of 3.8 billion year-old, no-holds-barred, death match in environments can be as extreme as anything found on Mars. Any virus in clump of rock from a desiccated and dead world would have no chance.
The true story would be “Virus from Mars makes an appearance and gets eaten by nearly everything.
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posted on
05/11/2020 10:47:02 AM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
To: z3n
Why would there be viruses on a planet without any biological hosts???? This worry does seem a little silly, doesn't it? Viruses evolved here on earth. An extraterrestrial organism have RNA similar to ours is rather farfetched.
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05/11/2020 10:49:11 AM PDT
by
Blennos
To: EdnaMode
"ULLA!"
To: z3n
Why would there be viruses on a planet without any biological hosts????Maybe they are waiting for the rocks to turn into people. According to one theory I've heard, that has happened and probably will again. /sarc
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05/11/2020 10:57:27 AM PDT
by
Migraine
To: z3n
Why would there be viruses on a planet without any biological hosts???? Some scientists have theorized that there were viruses on the Earth before there were biologicals.
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posted on
05/11/2020 11:00:38 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: EdnaMode
Its unlikely a virus could last long in a near vacuum, without a host and bombarded by UV and cosmic rays for several billion years.
I still remember when I was in college.
All the “journalism” majors took Geology 101 for their “Science Elective” because it was the easiest one to pass.
I took it because I was considering going into Petroleum Engineering.
Decided on Electronics instead.
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05/11/2020 11:10:10 AM PDT
by
Zathras
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