I watched #Shazam last night (somehow) for the first time, and of the DC films I've seen, it's my favorite by a mile! To be fair I still haven't seen Aquaman or Birds of Prey, but my guess is that Shazam will still be my favorite when I do. My (probably) luke warm takes, below 1/

I thought I'd like it but I didn't know I'd like it as much as i did. Setting it in Philly endears it to me even more! I adore Philadelphia, so when movies are set there it probably makes me like them a little more than I otherwise would. That's just a thing for me. 2/
I also feel this movie made me believe that regular people in this world love the other DC heroes, specifically Supes and Batman. It just felt like a given in this story when they were brought up. Like "yeah of course heroes exist here!" It was part of the fabric of this world 3/
In my own headcanon, until it's contradicted, this film takes place in an area of the multiverse seperate from the other films. One where things are a little less grim and Supes isnt at all conflicted about being Supes, Batman isn't a murderer, WW is I guess the same, idk. 4/
After I finished it I couldn't help but wonder what a DCEU would look like if this had been the 1st movie in the series. If DC wanted to start their world with the idea that all the big heroes already exist, this would have been a perfect way to introduce that concept! 5/
I'm totally riffing here, and maybe this isn't a fresh take, but imo, due to the iconic nature of the DC heroes this would have worked as the 1st film in the DCEU with very minor tweaks needed, if any. For me it perfectly sets the stage for other films set in this world. 6/
If it had been, you could have more convincingly gone from this right into a Justice League film where the premise was Billy getting an invite to be on the JL! Through his eyes we could have met every other big hero and gotten an idea for who they were. 7/
After that, we could have gone into the first WW movie and built out from there. Do a Superman, or a Batman film after that. Or maybe do Flash, or Aquaman. You could tell any of their stories because we would already have gotten introduced to them in JL! 8/
Shazam 2 could intro Black Adam, and then we could have gotten the Black Adam film after that! Again, I'm totally riffing here and I know it'll never happen at this point, but I couldn't help imagining what could've been. I can see it working really well. 9/
I never would have guessed it, but Shazam could've been the perfect way to start the DCEU if you wanted to just drop the audience into a fully formed world where the heroes and the JL already exist. I hope others see what I mean. So yeah, if you haven't, watch #Shazam! 10/
Also feel free to keep this going in the comments if you want. I'd like to know peoples thoughts on this and if you see what I mean about how that movie could've kicked off the DCEU.

And also, Happy New Year! 🙂 11/

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Unfortunately the "This work includes the identification of viral sequences in bat samples, and has resulted in the isolation of three bat SARS-related coronaviruses that are now used as reagents to test therapeutics and vaccines." were BEFORE the


chimeric infectious clone grants were there.https://t.co/DAArwFkz6v is in 2017, Rs4231.
https://t.co/UgXygDjYbW is in 2016, RsSHC014 and RsWIV16.
https://t.co/krO69CsJ94 is in 2013, RsWIV1. notice that this is before the beginning of the project

starting in 2016. Also remember that they told about only 3 isolates/live viruses. RsSHC014 is a live infectious clone that is just as alive as those other "Isolates".

P.D. somehow is able to use funds that he have yet recieved yet, and send results and sequences from late 2019 back in time into 2015,2013 and 2016!

https://t.co/4wC7k1Lh54 Ref 3: Why ALL your pangolin samples were PCR negative? to avoid deep sequencing and accidentally reveal Paguma Larvata and Oryctolagus Cuniculus?
https://t.co/6cRR2B3jBE
Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.

https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d


Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.


...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.


Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.