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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.199 [SLACK_000413] · slack_pm:msg:02055

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Date
2020-10-01 20:07
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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Most flu + SARS2 - with a bit of Nipah

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  1. 2020-10-01 20:04 Edward C. Holmes open
    What other viruses are you seeing in there?
  2. 2020-10-01 20:05 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Lots... If you click on the Krona plot above then "virus" in the bottom right
  3. 2020-10-01 20:05 Edward C. Holmes open
    Oh, now I see....
  4. 2020-10-01 20:06 Kristian G. Andersen open
    If you limit "Max depth" to 4 then you get a better view
  5. 2020-10-01 20:07 Kristian G. Andersen
    Most flu + SARS2 - with a bit of Nipah
  6. 2020-10-01 20:07 Kristian G. Andersen open
    ... and clearly Nipah work going on at WIV: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhengli_Shi
  7. 2020-10-01 20:10 Edward C. Holmes open
    Yes, they must have all escaped simultaneously and ended-up in the same patients but no one else. That's the obvious explanation.
  8. 2020-10-01 20:10 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Well, obviously.
  9. 2020-10-01 20:12 Robert F. Garry open
    Perhaps another clever distraction like the "made-up" RatG13?

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