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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.60 [SLACK_000274] · slack_pm:msg:00599

Date: 2020-06-06 15:09
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recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes

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One thing though: if we dismiss RaTG13 to SARS-CoV-2 on the basis of 96% similarity, then so we must also dismiss BCoV to HCoV-OC43. Could easily something closer.

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2020-06-06 15:08 Edward C. Holmes open

Completely agree about fur farming - makes a lot of sense. Raccoon dogs are used for fur farming. I'll just thought I'd throw that in there.
2020-06-06 15:09 Edward C. Holmes

One thing though: if we dismiss RaTG13 to SARS-CoV-2 on the basis of 96% similarity, then so we must also dismiss BCoV to HCoV-OC43. Could easily something closer.
2020-06-06 15:25 Robert F. Garry open

"also dismiss BCoV to HCoV-OC43" Agree - it's all an open case. All those relatives of OC43 infecting so many species is quite remarkable - no reason to pick on cows.

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