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That's the original sequencing report from mid-late December where the commercial company first found reads for 'SARS'.

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That's the original sequencing report from mid-late December where the commercial company first found reads for 'SARS'.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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That's the original sequencing report from mid-late December where the commercial company first found reads for 'SARS'.

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2020-10-01 20:21 Edward C. Holmes open

Did you see before? [shared file(s): WeChat Image_20200103182929.jpg]
2020-10-01 20:21 Kristian G. Andersen open

This must be amplicon/enriched sequencing, right? Not metagenomic?
2020-10-01 20:22 Kristian G. Andersen open

What's that Eddie?
2020-10-01 20:22 Edward C. Holmes open

No. Shotgun with rRNA depletion.
2020-10-01 20:23 Edward C. Holmes

That's the original sequencing report from mid-late December where the commercial company first found reads for 'SARS'.
2020-10-01 20:24 Edward C. Holmes open

59 reads and spent everyone into major panic.
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?
2020-10-01 20:27 Edward C. Holmes open

I'll try to get you the exact date. George bloody knew!!!
2020-10-01 20:28 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, I have a REALLY hard time seeing how George wouldn't have known (I think it was the interview with Zhang where it was mentioned? And btw - Zhang = Times 100, which is pretty cool!)