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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.12 [SLACK_000226] · slack_pm:msg:00114

Date: 2020-05-05 08:29
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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Agree - need sequence - but High Ct value with the qPCR they show - may not be sequencable - yes could well be false positive or another CoV. They don't show the Gene finder® COVID19 Plus RealAmp kit result.

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A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.

2020-05-05 08:15 Andrew Rambaut open

They have a +ve and -ve control. Label mix up?
2020-05-05 08:15 Andrew Rambaut open

Need a sequence or it didn't happen
2020-05-05 08:16 Robert F. Garry open

Sheri Fink wrote about a case in Cali n early Feb
2020-05-05 08:17 Robert F. Garry open

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/santa-clara-county-coronavirus-death.html
2020-05-05 08:29 Robert F. Garry

Agree - need sequence - but High Ct value with the qPCR they show - may not be sequencable - yes could well be false positive or another CoV. They don't show the Gene finder® COVID19 Plus RealAmp kit result.
2020-05-05 08:39 Andrew Rambaut open

Very high prior probability of being false +ve.
2020-05-05 08:40 Andrew Rambaut open

Also if there was one, there were more. There would have been a big outbreak in France it would have seeded the rest of the world.

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