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The promised ICTV paper on species names and how they differ from virus names is now published in mSphere: “Virus species names have been standardized; virus names remain unchanged” doi.org/10.1128/msph...

Join us for an ICTV webinar on how to find information about viruses and virus taxa using the ICTV web site Date: March 11, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM CDT; 15:00 UTC For more information: ictv.global/news/webinar... Register here: uab.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A.M. - Oh, shit, China can science too? [US stocks crash]. P.M. - Fuck it, let’s halt all of science in the U.S [🤪😵‍💫📉… 🤷‍♂️]. Nice one. wapo.st/4gfgcHQ

This is not just mere stupidity, it is a death wish for the world’s population: www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-com...

I know that Eddie and likely those following this thread are intelligent and reasonable biologists, but I don't quite understand this comment and the seemingly endless difficulty and misrepresentation in any discussion of virus species names here and on other sites.

Before this hysteria spreads any further, a graphical explanation of what ICTV does and doesn't do. None of the virus names have been changed or will ever be changed by ICTV (it's outside the remit). Only species names have changed. This has been explained so many times... doi.org/10.1007/s007...