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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.569 [SLACK_000783] · slack_pm:msg:05941

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Date
2021-03-05 13:12
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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Paris Group = Great Barrington Agreement II.

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  1. 2021-03-05 13:12 Edward C. Holmes
    Paris Group = Great Barrington Agreement II.
  2. 2021-03-05 13:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    Here's an interesting factoid. All Weifeng's new bat viruses, as well as RmYN01 and RmYN02, were collected from this location. Just shows the amazing amount of diversity of these viruses in nature and the sheer difficulty of finding bat zero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xishuangbanna_Tropical_Botanical_Garden
  3. 2021-03-05 13:44 Edward C. Holmes open
    And these were not collected from caves, but from a botanical garden where lots of tourists go
  4. 2021-03-05 14:00 Robert F. Garry open
    Thanks Eddie - I really need to get out more often - looks like a beautiful place....
  5. 2021-03-05 14:04 Edward C. Holmes open
    And the point being that bats and their viruses are everywhere - we can't stop exposure

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