Private channel session 180

9 messages over 57m, 2020-06-18 – 2020-06-18.

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2020-06-18 06:57 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

Jesse's work is incredible. I had a quick look last night and it shows that there's still room for improvement in termsof better binding. Binding isn't everything though, so I wouldn't conclude it's "not as evolved" as previously thought -the binding is still very very strong (but.... so is the pangolin CoV, of course!).
2020-06-18 07:20 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

@Andrew Rambaut have you had a look at the Beijing genomes? I haven't had a chance yet, but that looks like more diversity than expected? I have a hard time believing it has been circulating undetected for quite a while inBeijing, so could it be a virus than went human > animal > human? Clearly not a separate introduction, but it's again linked to a wet market so I'm wondering if it can bounce back and forth (surely this is possible based on e.g.the Dutch mink farms).
2020-06-18 07:29 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.81

Just building a tree now. Initial tree of one sequence shows it is from Denmark: [shared file(s): image.png]
2020-06-18 07:51 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

Clearly this is from the UK! Denmark is innocent.
2020-06-18 07:52 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.81

It was in a hotdog
2020-06-18 07:52 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

I'll take a sandwich over a fish
2020-06-18 07:53 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.81

I actually think that list is quite amusing. I wonder which of those Beijing is going to blaim?
2020-06-18 07:54 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

Well, salmon exports from Faroe Islands to China went from 100% to 0% over the weekend. Faroe Islands = Denmark + your proof. There you go. Faroe Islands.
2020-06-18 07:55 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.81

(I'd personally blame Texas though - clearly ancestral on the tree).