One caveat matters: an HA clade describes the ancestry of ONE gene. It doesn’t describe the entire #genome, capture the virus’s #reassortment history, or automatically tell you its #pandemic potential. The name is useful. You still need to understand the virus #genotype. 🐓🦠🧪😷🥼💉
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