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1. 2021-03-26 09:53 Robert F. Garry open
   That's the best I can do.
2. 2021-03-26 10:33 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Good effort Bob - they're going with the false equivalence of course, but there's not much you can do to counter that with people like Lipsitch coming out saying it's fair game. Jamie though... Why they interview him in particular, I don't know - he's exceptionally stupid.
3. 2021-03-26 10:39 Robert F. Garry open
   Agreed - but to your point about "let him do exactly that" - if fact - he already did it whether or not it gets into the 60Minutes piece. No doubt there will be opportunities to make the appropriate points since this whole Proximal Origins thing is not leaving the news cycles anytime soon.
4. 2021-03-26 10:41 Kristian G. Andersen open
   My concern with 60 mins is that they might well edit the interview to make him look sane and insightful. That'd be amissed opportunity.
5. 2021-03-26 10:42 Robert F. Garry
   I was trying to avoid that - I suspect they are still editing the piece - hence my email to Rich Bonin.
6. 2021-03-26 10:59 Kristian G. Andersen open
   @Andrew Rambaut - have you guys looked into this new variant some more? I don't understand all the mutations in ORF1ab - it seems very peculiar. Limited overlap with previous variants too.
7. 2021-03-26 11:36 Andrew Rambaut open
   Recombinant?
8. 2021-03-26 11:37 Andrew Rambaut open
   Will take a look later
9. 2021-03-26 11:55 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Possibly, but many/most(?) of these mutations appear to be rare point mutations. It's a real franken lineage - very interesting.

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