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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.348 [SLACK_000562] · slack_pm:msg:03662

Date: 2020-12-30 06:00
Type: chat message · slack
mentioned: Edward C. Holmes
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Furin cleavage site and molecular features Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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@Eddie Holmes Is the Simplot a GD pangolin? Seems like it should score higher than RaTG13 in part of the RBD.

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Statement	Grade	Attribution	Stance
@Eddie Holmes Is the Simplot a GD pangolin?	needs context	speaker_own	questions
Seems like it should score higher than RaTG13 in part of the RBD.	needs context	uncertain explicit hedge	asserts

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@Eddie Holmes Is the Simplot a GD pangolin?

needs context

speaker_own

questions

Seems like it should score higher than RaTG13 in part of the RBD.

needs context

uncertain explicit hedge

asserts

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2020-12-30 05:11 Robert F. Garry open

""There's so much speculation around the origins of this virus," Mazet said. "We need to step back...and let scientists get the real answer without the finger-pointing." I guess I must be freaking biased, but this strikes me the wrong way. The release of the Cambodian CoV is important for "origins.' With long stretchs of local high similarity toRaTG13 should put the Mojiang mine story on the back burner. Still think that the WHO and Lancet "investigations" are going to do more harm than good. This AP article is not changing my mind.
2020-12-30 05:26 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes I think the NYTimes story is good and it has one great part - talking about the release of the sequence on virological :+1::skin-tone-2: also for @Andrew Rambaut as well for heading the world's most influential virology "blog." What's "confusing" me is that Eddie is supposed to be a CCP running dog at least according toDRASTIC/Alina et al. I know that there has been other discussion about the seq release, but hope the NYT article further chips away at that notion that we're somehow under the influence of the CCP.
2020-12-30 06:00 Robert F. Garry

@Eddie Holmes Is the Simplot a GD pangolin? Seems like it should score higher than RaTG13 in part of the RBD.
2020-12-30 06:36 Robert F. Garry open

Important paper IMO https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.28.424565v1