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1. 2021-03-24 04:57 Robert F. Garry open
   The lineage A and B is a big clue - argues against lab leak - otherwise the nefarious Shi and her henchmen seedednot one but 2 markets with two lineages to cover their tracks?
2. 2021-03-24 05:07 Andrew Rambaut open
   Although they would argue that B in the market evolved from A and thus proves that the market was not the origin
3. 2021-03-24 05:08 Andrew Rambaut open
   I.e., that WA1 was the actual lab escape
4. 2021-03-24 05:08 Robert F. Garry open
   This is really SC1 all over again. Hard to find SC1 in the wild but occasionally you find clusters in animals brought tomarket. 95% bat viruses {are there closer ones?] found but SC2 only are found in civets, raccoon dogs andoccasional badgers. These are animals brought to MARKET-what you do you find are clusters of infected animals. Such a SC2 cluster could have seeded the C19 pandemic - traders brought a group of animals to Wuhan - during transport SC2 lineage A spread - may have picked up the lineage B mutations. Lineage A animal sent to nonHuananMarket; Lineae B animal sent to Huanan market.
5. 2021-03-24 05:09 Robert F. Garry
   "WA1 was the actual lab escape" This is the crux of it!
6. 2021-03-24 05:10 Andrew Rambaut open
   That's what I would argue if I was wearing a tin foil hat. It is 3 SNPs closer to RaTG13
7. 2021-03-24 05:10 Andrew Rambaut open
   Cause that matters
8. 2021-03-24 05:11 Robert F. Garry open
   You would have to argue that WA1 escaped from the lab - lit a mini-burst wherein it picked up the 3 lineage B mutations then by incredible coincidence landed in the Huanan market animal stalls where it really took off.
9. 2021-03-24 05:14 Robert F. Garry open
   Agree that WA1 is very important!

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