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1. 2021-03-23 05:38 Robert F. Garry open
   Plausible - Indel Region 2 and 3 - very divergent between SC2 and GDpangocov.
2. 2021-03-23 05:39 Robert F. Garry open
   NTD is the receptor binding domain of many CoVs.
3. 2021-03-23 05:43 Robert F. Garry open
   Not on this topic but related to "the Plan." Spoke with Betsy McKay again late yesterday- reading between the lines Ibelieve that our friend "Deep Throat" has surfaced again. She was aware of the email exchanges back in January -hinted that they had been shared with her from someone on the calls that thought "we" were a bit overly friendly tothe lab leak.
4. 2021-03-23 05:47 Robert F. Garry open
   Back to the interesting paper - important to keep in mind that enhanced replication in cell culture doesn't necessarilytranslate to enhanced pathogenesis. As Andrew you've noted - it's all about the timing...
5. 2021-03-23 06:12 Andrew Rambaut
   Shows how modular the spike is though.
6. 2021-03-23 06:56 Kristian G. Andersen open
   @Andrew Rambaut Never saw that money from the institution. Bastards.
7. 2021-03-23 07:00 Kristian G. Andersen open
   I think people are majorly underestimating how flexible and mutational tolerant the spike is.
8. 2021-03-23 07:37 Robert F. Garry open
   @Andrew Rambaut Rich bastards! :grinning:
9. 2021-03-23 07:50 Kristian G. Andersen open
   ... as for Ralph DeepThroat, I don't think he's realizing that this actually helps us... Yes, as we said, we considereda lab leak a very real and serious possibility, no, that does not change our conclusions [add new stuff from WHO report].

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