After scients revive 48,500 yrs old Zombie Virus, netizens react on Twitter | Trending

Researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research have revived over two dozen ‘zombie viruses’, including a 48,500 yrs old virus trapped in ice, according to a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study published on bioRxiv. The samples were collected from permafrost in the Siberia region of Russia. Scients have found that these viruses remain infectious despite being dormant for hundreds of millennia.According to European researchers, “It is thus likely that ancient permafrost will release these unknown viruses upon thawing. How long these viruses could remain infectious once exposed to outdoor conditions, and how likely they will be to encounter and infect a suitable host in the interval, is yet impossible to estimate.””But the risk is bound to increase in the context of global warming when permafrost thawing will keep accelerating, and more people will be populating the Arctic in the wake of industrial ventures,” they added.As soon as the news about ‘Zombie viruses’ came out, many took to Twitter to share their reactions. Some even joked about the exence of Zombie viruses. We have compiled a few of them in this article.Here are some of the Twitter reactions:”…if zombies never exed, how was it a virus in the first place?” joked an individual.
How can you trap a zombie virus in ice for 50,000 and then go get and bring it back lmao and if zombies never exed how was it a virus in the first place ? Lol— E Sosa (@Esosa_CA_Films) November 29, 2022
Another shared this on Twitter.
BREAKING! 🚨Research Scients discovered 13 never seen before viruses buried in ice in SerbiaGet your crops ready and Choose 3 friends with whom you want to fight/stay alive from this upcoming APOCALYPSE!No One knows what’ll happen in the next 50 Years.#Zombie #zombievirus— ATUL NAGRE (@apex7an) November 29, 2022
An individual posted this on the micro-blogging site.
What is this #zombievirus newsI’m seeing? ..God please o,we haven’t even recovered from Covid-19 yet😫🤲🏽— The one for me☺️ (@the_one_4me) November 29, 2022
“Zombie Virus, another one!” tweeted another.

The 13 new viruses are isolated from seven different pre-horic Siberian permafrost samples, one each from the Lena river and Kamchatka cryosol. What are your thoughts on ‘zombie viruses’ revived from ancient permafrost?

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Arfa Javaid is a journal working with the Hindustan Times’ Delhi team. She covers trending topics, human interest stories, and viral content online.
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