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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.335 [SLACK_000549] · slack_pm:msg:03523

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Date
2020-12-21 14:23
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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There you go. It's time we go back to Andrew's London sewage theory.

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  1. 2020-12-21 14:11 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, so SA is K417N and N501Y - SA/UK both Q493
  2. 2020-12-21 14:12 Kristian G. Andersen open
    So really major amino acid changes in the few they have - flipping around charges, etc.
  3. 2020-12-21 14:13 Kristian G. Andersen open
    That E484K gotta be making some major differences in the structure
  4. 2020-12-21 14:19 Robert F. Garry open
    Going full in: the FCS of some strains of mouse hepatitis virus is *H*RARRS.
  5. 2020-12-21 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen
    There you go. It's time we go back to Andrew's London sewage theory.
  6. 2020-12-21 14:26 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Andrew Rambaut - do you have a good reference for the best "Wales" lineages?
  7. 2020-12-21 14:26 Andrew Rambaut open
    You mean what muts it has?
  8. 2020-12-21 14:27 Kristian G. Andersen open
    A GISAID ID? Creating an alignment for Andrew Ward so he can get a cryo guy on it and he wanted a prioritized listof sequences
  9. 2020-12-21 14:29 Robert F. Garry open
    https://www.propublica.org/article/here-are-six-accidents-unc-researchers-had-with-lab-created-coronaviruses"*April2020*: A UNC scientist underwent 14 days of self-quarantine at home after a mouse bite caused potential exposureto a strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that had been adapted for growth in mice. The incidentin a biosafety level 3 lab happened when a researcher attempted to read the ID number on a tag on a mouse's ear.The mouse flipped over in the researcher's hand and bit an index finger through two layers of gloves. It did not appear to break the researcher's skin, but UNC told NIH in its reports that "given the uncertainty surrounding the exposure, we are treating this as a medium/high risk exposure." The researcher was instructed to self-quarantine and do twice-daily temperature checks. UNC also notified the local Health Department. No further information about the worker's health was included in the incident reports."

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