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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.532 [SLACK_000746] · slack_pm:msg:05540

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Date
2021-02-20 10:29
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut

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Basically - a "what the fuck just happened" piece?

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  1. 2021-02-20 10:25 Robert F. Garry open
    I think a scenario of a yearly vaccination with constant updating [stabilized spike of course] is the most likely outcome - and yes it's not the flu so there will a a death toll, so not pretty. Monoclonals (in combo) - again being updated could blunt this. ASnd, some hope for a small molecule drug. Universal CoV vaccine - not so hopeful.
  2. 2021-02-20 10:27 Andrew Rambaut open
    @Kristian Andersen Yeah - these are not all likely hypotheses I just want to get everything on table.
  3. 2021-02-20 10:29 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yup, I agree on all of that - with annual updates and us constantly chasing after the virus (which will become easier over time), we'll be fine. My concern is that most people seem to hope for this scenario on "autopilot". Basically, wehave our current vaccines, we'll get them, and it'll be a smooth cruise going forward. I'm not so sure.
  4. 2021-02-20 10:29 Andrew Rambaut open
    I think I will lay some stuff out there in the B117 paper (which we need to get out quickly because Tulio is being annoying). But then I think a nice piece in Science or Nature to bring it all together?
  5. 2021-02-20 10:29 Andrew Rambaut
    Basically - a "what the fuck just happened" piece?
  6. 2021-02-20 10:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I think bringing it all together would be really important and helpful to a lot of people - so I'm a yes on that plan.
  7. 2021-02-20 10:31 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Basically fleshing out a little more _many_ of the points already made in this thread. Maybe we can deploy some AIto scan through our text and write the paper for us...
  8. 2021-02-20 10:35 Andrew Rambaut open
    Is that what you refer to your grad students as?
  9. 2021-02-20 10:37 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "Eddie Holmes", actually - but close.

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