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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.555 [SLACK_000769] · slack_pm:msg:05784

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Date
2021-02-28 12:53
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut

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Her group has some hokey triplet method which is totally useless as you don't have an outgroup

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  1. 2021-02-28 12:52 Andrew Rambaut open
    Had a long conversation with her explaining why her one example 'recombinant' probably wasn't.
  2. 2021-02-28 12:52 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Eddie Holmes Did she listen? She never listens....
  3. 2021-02-28 12:52 Edward C. Holmes open
    Did she believe you?
  4. 2021-02-28 12:52 Andrew Rambaut open
    Of course not.
  5. 2021-02-28 12:53 Andrew Rambaut
    Her group has some hokey triplet method which is totally useless as you don't have an outgroup
  6. 2021-02-28 12:54 Andrew Rambaut open
    Basically she found a 'californian' virus with 69/70 deletion in it and was claiming it was recombinant with a B.1.1.7.But 69/70 comes up all the time.
  7. 2021-02-28 12:54 Andrew Rambaut open
    I spent way too long on it.
  8. 2021-02-28 12:55 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Wait, she specifically said 69/70 came from B.1.1.7 and hence it must be a recombinant? That's, well, dumb. Very.
  9. 2021-02-28 12:56 Edward C. Holmes open
    What an idiot. I look forward to reviewing that for Cell.

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