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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.200 [SLACK_000414] · slack_pm:msg:02078

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Date
2020-10-01 20:22
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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No. Shotgun with rRNA depletion.

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  1. 2020-10-01 20:21 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yup
  2. 2020-10-01 20:21 Edward C. Holmes open
    Did you see before? [shared file(s): WeChat Image_20200103182929.jpg]
  3. 2020-10-01 20:21 Kristian G. Andersen open
    This must be amplicon/enriched sequencing, right? Not metagenomic?
  4. 2020-10-01 20:22 Kristian G. Andersen open
    What's that Eddie?
  5. 2020-10-01 20:22 Edward C. Holmes
    No. Shotgun with rRNA depletion.
  6. 2020-10-01 20:23 Edward C. Holmes open
    That's the original sequencing report from mid-late December where the commercial company first found reads for 'SARS'.
  7. 2020-10-01 20:24 Edward C. Holmes open
    59 reads and spent everyone into major panic.
  8. 2020-10-01 20:26 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Ah, interesting. And this didn't get to George? I mean - 59 SARS reads is a pretty red flag. Mid December?
  9. 2020-10-01 20:27 Edward C. Holmes open
    I'll try to get you the exact date. George bloody knew!!!

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