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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.326 [SLACK_000540] · slack_pm:msg:03433

Date: 2020-12-19 14:42
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker: Andrew Rambaut

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I thought you should know that we call the N501Y mutation 'Nelly' (under the Doug naming scheme) and thus the new UK lineage is now being referred to internally as 'the elephant'.

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2020-12-19 14:34 Edward C. Holmes open

> Through the grape vine I've heard that the South Africans are claiming their lineage is "associated with diseasein younger persons". Do you know anything about this?
2020-12-19 14:37 Andrew Rambaut open

No - not heard that. I can't imagine that can be anything other than anecdote surely?
2020-12-19 14:38 Andrew Rambaut open

They only have a few hundred genomes so they can't have enough power to discern that
2020-12-19 14:39 Andrew Rambaut open

I guess they could be seeing an increase in hospitalisation of young and then sequencing those ones.
2020-12-19 14:42 Andrew Rambaut

I thought you should know that we call the N501Y mutation 'Nelly' (under the Doug naming scheme) and thus the new UK lineage is now being referred to internally as 'the elephant'.
2020-12-19 14:44 Andrew Rambaut open

@Andrew Rambaut Given Australia sequences everything and Denmark has gone from bottom to 4th place in the sequencing league it seems that the new variant must be in many other countries now.
2020-12-19 14:58 Edward C. Holmes open

Was sent this - you may have seen it already: [shared file(s): KRISP_Minister_President_Briefing_Media.pdf]
2020-12-19 15:24 Edward C. Holmes open

@Andrew Rambaut Agreed. Seems the 2 NSW cases are likely from different families as they have different surnames. Also, they are not in the community here. We have a new outbreak in NSW which we think is linked to flight crew and that is lineage B.1. Phew.

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