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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.414 [SLACK_000628] · slack_pm:msg:04278

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Date
2021-01-17 19:19
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Intelligence community assessments

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They pretty much nailed the conclusions: "Urgent studies are necessary to determine whether reinfection with newly emerging lineages harboring the mutation S:E484K is a widespread phenomenon or is limited to a few sporadiccases. It will also be crucial to understand the extent to which reinfection contributes to the forward transmission ofSARS-CoV-2 in previously exposed populations and the rising number of SARS-CoV-2 cases observed inAmazonas and other Brazilian states during December 2020 - January 2021."

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It will also be crucial to understand the extent to which reinfection contributes to the forward transmission ofSARS-CoV-2 in previously exposed populations and the rising number of SARS-CoV-2 cases observed inAmazonas and other Brazilian states during December 2020 - January 2021." quoted / not their view quoted_external inside quotation marks asserts

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  1. 2021-01-17 18:36 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Let's hope this isn't an omen of what is to come: https://virological.org/t/sars-cov-2-reinfection-by-the-new-variant-of-concern-voc-p-1-in-amazonas-brazil/596
  2. 2021-01-17 18:36 Kristian G. Andersen open
    [but I suspect it is...]
  3. 2021-01-17 19:19 Robert F. Garry
    They pretty much nailed the conclusions: "Urgent studies are necessary to determine whether reinfection with newly emerging lineages harboring the mutation S:E484K is a widespread phenomenon or is limited to a few sporadiccases. It will also be crucial to understand the extent to which reinfection contributes to the forward transmission ofSARS-CoV-2 in previously exposed populations and the rising number of SARS-CoV-2 cases observed inAmazonas and other Brazilian states during December 2020 - January 2021."

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