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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.389 [SLACK_000603] · slack_pm:msg:04049

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Date
2021-01-12 15:29
Type
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mentioned
Andrew Rambaut, Kristian G. Andersen
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Intelligence community assessments

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PERFECT comment @Andrew Rambaut @Kristian Andersen will know that I appreciate it very much!

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  1. 2021-01-12 14:56 Robert F. Garry open
    @Andrew Rambaut yes indeed - may get a somewhat different alignment with the nucleotides but the point remains that these are hotspots for deletions. Mechanism TBD but could be swapping out a shorter sequence with end homologiesy via copy-choice.
  2. 2021-01-12 15:02 Edward C. Holmes open
    Wow Bob, that's amazing.
  3. 2021-01-12 15:14 Robert F. Garry open
    Important for the origins argument as well - if these indels between SC1 and SC2 are natural and in play for variation, then the PRRA insert is natural as well.
  4. 2021-01-12 15:26 Andrew Rambaut open
    Of course the nefarious supervillain making this virus spent all that time putting those insertions in (from HIV or fish presumably) and all it does is delete them.
  5. 2021-01-12 15:29 Robert F. Garry
    PERFECT comment @Andrew Rambaut @Kristian Andersen will know that I appreciate it very much!
  6. 2021-01-12 15:30 Edward C. Holmes open
    @Robert Garry My thoughts exactly Bob...quick Virological post?
  7. 2021-01-12 15:30 Robert F. Garry open
    @Robert Garry Certainly - it's important - whose with me?
  8. 2021-01-12 15:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    I'm in!
  9. 2021-01-12 15:38 Edward C. Holmes open
    I think Al has perfectly summed up my COVID feelings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

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