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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.330 [SLACK_000544] · slack_pm:msg:03473

Date: 2020-12-20 13:32
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recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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But yeah - we're not going to be able to completely stop this now - sure, put the brakes on, but we'll likely see this become the dominant lineage over the next few months.

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2020-12-20 13:30 Andrew Rambaut open

@Kristian Andersen Yes. Convelescent plasma from natural infections and vaccinees will be tested.
2020-12-20 13:30 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup - exactly. Under a 'normal' evolution scenario I'd say that would be extremely unlikely - however, in this particular case, I'm not so sure.
2020-12-20 13:31 Andrew Rambaut open

Exactly. Basically it would be best to knock it out but that is likely too late.
2020-12-20 13:31 Kristian G. Andersen open

Australia managed to do it :wink:
2020-12-20 13:32 Kristian G. Andersen

But yeah - we're not going to be able to completely stop this now - sure, put the brakes on, but we'll likely see this become the dominant lineage over the next few months.
2020-12-20 13:32 Andrew Rambaut open

Best we can hope for is that it isn't more transmissible and gets eliminated by the new lock down measures. A worse case is that the measures knock every thing else out.
2020-12-20 13:33 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup!
2020-12-20 13:33 Andrew Rambaut open

I hope it turns out we are wrong and it is not transmissible - it is the right decision not to wait to find out I think.
2020-12-20 13:35 Kristian G. Andersen open

Agreed - this is a perfect example where we can't wait for scientific certainty, but need to react immediately anddecisively. No pussyfooting around. Also, I find it hilarious that we find ourselves in 1/"Virologists look at a mutation and assume it is adaptive,evolutionary biologists assume it isn't. Neither are right all the time" :wink:

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