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Curious about this new breed of mice you mentioned - what's special about it.


We learned from the SARS epidemic that there are no naturally occurring animals that match humans in terms of receptiveness to the virus, direct symptoms, and immune-enhanced damage. Here are a couple of articles that explain better than I can:

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-labs-scrambl...

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-star...




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