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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.81 [SLACK_000295] · slack_pm:msg:00813

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Date
2020-06-18 07:29
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut

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Just building a tree now. Initial tree of one sequence shows it is from Denmark: [shared file(s): image.png]

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  1. 2020-06-18 06:57 Kristian G. Andersen open
    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!).
  2. 2020-06-18 07:20 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @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).
  3. 2020-06-18 07:29 Andrew Rambaut
    Just building a tree now. Initial tree of one sequence shows it is from Denmark: [shared file(s): image.png]
  4. 2020-06-18 07:51 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Clearly this is from the UK! Denmark is innocent.
  5. 2020-06-18 07:52 Andrew Rambaut open
    It was in a hotdog
  6. 2020-06-18 07:52 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I'll take a sandwich over a fish
  7. 2020-06-18 07:53 Andrew Rambaut open
    I actually think that list is quite amusing. I wonder which of those Beijing is going to blaim?

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