Private channel session 814

3 messages over 19m, 2021-01-16 – 2021-01-16.

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1. 2021-01-16 13:04 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.410
   https://www.myarklamiss.com/lifestyle/health/coronavirus/ldh-confirms-first-covid-19-variant-in-louisiana/
2. 2021-01-16 13:17 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.410
   Very interesting to hear about that pangolin with a virus from 2017. That there were two lineages of pango viruses always suggested a more long-standing infection to me.
3. 2021-01-16 13:24 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.411
   So much of the lab origin stuff is predicted on the idea that RaTG13 is the direct ancestor of SC2, which is obviously nonsense. I still can't get past the coincidence that RaTG13 was the one virus they had published before the outbreak and that it turns out to be closest relative. If they had other closer viruses there was nothing to prevent them publishing some years back. And then you have the pangolin RBD.