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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.246 · slack_pm:msg:02563

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Date
2020-10-30 17:09 (hour precision)
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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  1. 2020-10-30 17:09 Kristian G. Andersen open
    The most basal sample being WH4 - this one: https:/Avww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMEA6507893. The GPS coordinates on that points to a nursing home right next to the Line 2 main station (patient being a 39 old man). SLACK_000460 Very interesting - it appears that there might have been some early cases the world didn't know about... (or rather, cases they _did_ know about, but they occurred earlier)
  2. 2020-10-30 17:09 Edward C. Holmes open
    Yes, a shit storm if true. But that's just Let's see if I can anything 'official'.
  3. 2020-10-30 17:09 Edward C. Holmes open
    I really want to see that pango data!
  4. 2020-10-30 17:09 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yup - and I'm sure you will before the rest of us! Pangolying idiot!
  5. 2020-10-30 17:09 Edward C. Holmes
    Those t-shirts will be priceless.
  6. 2020-10-30 17:09 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I'll need to get a bunch for VGE next year!
  7. 2020-10-30 17:09 Edward C. Holmes open
    Dear Eddie, Thank you for your email. To be honest, I noticed the outbreak from the media in the morning of December 31, 2019. George knew the outbreak several hours earlier than me, midnight December 30, 2019 also from the media. In addition, as you know, what I do is to analyze the genome sequences from BGI and China CDC. I don't know what is going on with the information you sent. I guess it might be a typo. Anyway, I have contacted the collaborator from BGI to give a logical explannation. If necessary, I will tell this to George. Best wishes, Weifeng
  8. 2020-10-30 17:09 Andrew Rambaut open
    I think the GPS coordinates are truncated to two decimal places so I wouldn't make too much inference from them (assume +/- 1km).
  9. 2020-10-30 17:09 Andrew Rambaut open
    @kristian Andersen Limited edition - signed.

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