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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.385 [SLACK_000599] · slack_pm:msg:04005

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Let's call that initial event Furio

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A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.

2021-01-11 15:50 Edward C. Holmes open

"Nelly is innocent" - we should start a campaign.
2021-01-11 15:51 Kristian G. Andersen open

I wanna be sure before we declare her innocent though. Eeek and Pooh though... Fucking bastards.
2021-01-11 15:52 Kristian G. Andersen open

Maybe together with Doug and Nelly they're up to no good.
2021-01-11 15:52 Robert F. Garry open

I think Doug did it...or at least maybe started the process -that is of course after the FCS inserted itself.
2021-01-11 15:52 Kristian G. Andersen

Let's call that initial event Furio
2021-01-11 15:53 Kristian G. Andersen open

Furio > Hugo > Doug > Nelly > Eeek, Pooh. I see a pattern emerging.
2021-01-11 15:59 Robert F. Garry open

Yeah - it's all going to shit...
2021-01-11 16:01 Edward C. Holmes open

I don't think we have any info from previous immunocompromised cases (noros, flu) for such large-scale convergent evolution. Indeed, while I can see immunocompromised cases leading to lots of mutations, lots of the SAME mutations appearing multiple times does smell of very strong and directed selection.
2021-01-11 16:09 Andrew Rambaut open

Just don't know - so much other stuff presumably hitchiking - I just don't think that likely happens via a progressionof individual mutations with bottlenecking transmission.