#Ontario, Canada peeps or anyone have insight into why there was a sudden stop of uploading Ontario COVID #genomic sequence data to #GISAID? Last sequences dated Feb. 12, 2025 and nothing since. There was still 57-83 sequences a day being uploaded before that.
Now only a small # of sequences coming from NB & Quebec and periodically a few from AB, BC, and NS for all of Canada. You can see the big drop in Canada sequences when ON stopped submitting so very difficult to track what is going on.
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#US #CDC: Technical #Update: #Summary #Analysis of #Genetic #Sequence of a HPAI A(#H5N1) Virus Identified in a #Human in #Michigan, https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/h5n1-technical-update-may-24-2024.html
This analysis supports conclusion that overall #risk to general public associated with the ongoing HPAI A(H5N1) #outbreak has not changed and remains low at this time. #Genome of the virus identified from patient in Michigan (A/Michigan/90/2024) is publicly posted in #GISAID (EPI_ISL_19162802) and has been submitted to #GenBank.
BA.2.86 shows just how risky slacking off on COVID monitoring is - Enlarge / Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus partic... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962066 #genomicsequencing #monitoring #sars-cov-2 #evolution #mutation #variants #science #ba.2.86 #omicron #health #gisaid #virus #eg.5 #who
"GISAID in crisis: can the controversial COVID genome database survive?"
The most popular repository for sharing SARS-CoV-2 sequence data has come under increasing scrutiny. Scientists and funders around the world must now consider what lies ahead for the open sharing of genome data.
Control issues
GISAID offers a safe space to post viral genomes. Peter Bogner, its perplexing creator and overseer, may be jeopardizing its future
https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database #gisaid #PeterBogner #identity
I knew of some of the past and present problems with #GISAID but the full story is amazing https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database
@firefoxx66 just wow. when bioinformatics databases go bad.. it’s interesting that in a strange way he was an enforcer of some very complex game theory, and probably suited to it, given his apparently own pathological nature. #gisaid
Extremely troubling story: president and founder of #GISAID, the world's largest repository for #sarscov2 sequences, fabricated much of his CV, spent time in jail for securities fraud, posed as a made-up employee, and is "becoming increasingly isolated and a bit paranoid about access to this data" 
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https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database
Super relevant for any #digitalpreservation people interested in / working on trusted repositories #wheelOutTheDigitalDarkAgeKlaxon 
#GISAID: Invented persona behind key #pandemic #database https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database
This is quite the story in @sciencemagazine
Are #scientists sometimes too trusting? Maybe.
#GISAID certainly sounds like it's important to the virology community - but what a strange story...
https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database
If you're aware of what #GISAID is, you probably want to read this: https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database
Here’s the full analysis of newly uncovered genetic data on COVID’s origins - Enlarge / Security guards stand in front of the closed Huanan Seafood W... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1925722 #sars-cov-2origin #genomicdata #sars-cov-2 #spillover #covid-19 #outbreak #pandemic #science #genetic #lableak #gisaid #huanan #wuhan #who
