Private channel session 310

4 messages over 29m, 2020-08-18 – 2020-08-18.

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1. 2020-08-18 16:59 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.139
   "prominent virologists and other eminent scientists" - I believe this is us? :clap:
2. 2020-08-18 17:02 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.139
   I love their discussion of the furin site - "This furin cleavage site, *which is poly or multibasic by definition since itscomposed of multiple basic amino acids*". Smart people, them."In addition to the inexplicable genetic distance from its sister strains, which screams out for an intermediate relativeto complete the phylogenetic picture, SARSnCoVn2 [...]".Fuck it, I'm going to use that in one of my upcoming publications too - the tree SCREAMS out for an intermediate relative!!!
3. 2020-08-18 17:22 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.140
   I just don't get how BioEssays took this shite.
4. 2020-08-18 17:28 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.140
   Hah, yeah, dunno. It's fine though - but I just don't understand that people keep ignoring pangolins... So dumb. Iagree it was mysterious - really mysterious - but then some pangolin viruses came around and mystery solved.Clearly not Bayesians.