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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.637 [SLACK_000851] · slack_pm:msg:06673

Date: 2021-03-26 10:59
Type: chat message · slack
mentioned: Andrew Rambaut
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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@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.

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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.
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.
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.
2021-03-26 10:42 Robert F. Garry open

I was trying to avoid that - I suspect they are still editing the piece - hence my email to Rich Bonin.
2021-03-26 10:59 Kristian G. Andersen

@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.
2021-03-26 11:36 Andrew Rambaut open

Recombinant?
2021-03-26 11:37 Andrew Rambaut open

Will take a look later
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.
2021-03-26 12:28 Kristian G. Andersen open

I love our bluegrass playing Texas friend. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-26 at 12.27.03.png]

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