Fri. 06/04 - Shark-pocalypse & Extinct Flu Strains (possibly)

<p><strong><em>COVID-19 precautions largely prevented outbreaks of the flu this past winter, and they also may have caused two types of flu viruses to go extinct. Spinking of extinction, sharks apparently lost 90% of their population 19 million years ago and never fully recovered. And what day-to-day life is like for the first team to arrive at the Tokyo Olympic campus.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/02/pandemic-upside-flu-virus-became-less-diverse-simplifying-task-of-making-flu-shots/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flu virus became less diverse, simplifying task of making flu shots</a> (STAT News)</li><li><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-flu-cases-dramatically-low-so-far-this-season" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[January] Flu Cases Dramatically Low So Far This Season</a> (Johns Hopkins Medicine)</li><li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/flu-virus-types-extinct-covid-19.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2 types of flu viruses may have gone extinct</a> (LiveScience)</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1003020235/certain-strains-of-flu-may-have-gone-extinct-because-of-pandemic-safety-measures" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Certain Strains Of Flu May Have Gone Extinct Because Of Pandemic Safety Measures</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mystery-event-caused-shark-populations-to-crash-19-million-years-ago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mystery event caused shark populations to crash 19 million years ago</a> (National Geographic)</li><li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-world-saw-a-shark-pocalypse-19-million-years-ago-and-we-dont-know-why" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The world saw a shark-pocalypse 19 million years ago, and we don’t know why</a> (Ars Technica)</li><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvzj5m/90-of-sharks-were-mysteriously-wiped-ou