Estrogens are needed for mood stability. Albeit contrary to popular belief.

My sister’s cat is exactly the same. But she smothers him with affection. I was laying on her couch, when I said I noticed her cats avoiding laying/walking on people. Lo and behold 5 min later that cat came up to me. I ignored him, and he came up to nap on me. She said that never happens. I say give them space.

Wow that’s awesome! Well. In an interesting way. Guess nmclimate change has more disasters in store for us then.

I get what you say, but this does not account for the passage of time.

Over time, cells change. Proteins change. Except for conserved domains and functional parts. That only changes when it is no longer being used. But these aren’t always the regions used by viruses to infect a cell.

Even if the host has been around before grass, they change. The virusses you mention, maintained their ability to infect hosts along the evolution of all those aphids, rodents, humans and other species.

If they want to multiply the virusses in the lab, then they have to find a host the virus can infect. If not, then how likely is it really that ancient, highly specified pathogens can infect us?

I get that you can never predict nature with confidence, and you should always assume it can. But is this article not just fear-mongering? Trying to make it seem like a bigger threat than diseases and the dynamics of epidemics relevant to today? Like bird flu and the past’s reluctancy to develop vaccines against it? Or things that humans spread to other enviroments? Things that we can control our own part in as internet strangers?

But so does a pathogen’s speciality to infecting a host. Especially viruses. The organism they used to infect, may be long extinct, if not evolved. It would need to first be able to infect something, before even having a chance to evolve itself. Which makes me curious on how they are planning to preserve those viruses.

Just met a cat. A big, not fat, but large boy of a cat.

He was sitting in front of the supermarket. I crouched down and reached out my hand for him. He glanced at me, than came forward to sniff my hand and rub against. I pet the cat.

Bought some smoked chicken for making sandwiches. I walk out and see a woman filming the cat. He does not seem to care, then sees me. His stare fixated, following me as I walk around the lady so I don’t block the exit.

I give him some chicken, which he takes gently. He is happy.

This cat knows who to bribe with attention in exchange for food.

As long as you don’t whipe it off on the cat. Others may want to face cat too.

Speak for yourself. My cats never scratched me on purpose.