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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.817 [SLACK_001031] · slack_pm:msg:08521

Date: 2021-05-15 17:34
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Intelligence community assessments Furin cleavage site and molecular features

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HKU-1. 1. Emerged in massive Asian city; 2. Unknown animal origin; 3. Furin cleavage site; 4. Initially associated with pneumonia. Sound familiar?

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2021-05-15 17:29 Kristian G. Andersen open

So we really need to answer the question - how unusual is Wuhan for something like this to happen? I don't think very unusual - animal markets, top-10 largest city, largest city in central China, etc.
2021-05-15 17:29 Kristian G. Andersen open

Really?
2021-05-15 17:32 Edward C. Holmes open

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC538593/
2021-05-15 17:33 Kristian G. Andersen open

... and SARS-CoV-1 in Foshan. I mean, these are big places - like Wuhan.
2021-05-15 17:34 Edward C. Holmes

HKU-1. 1. Emerged in massive Asian city; 2. Unknown animal origin; 3. Furin cleavage site; 4. Initially associated with pneumonia. Sound familiar?
2021-05-15 17:35 Kristian G. Andersen open

FUCK EDDIE - THAT CAME FROM THE LAB TOO??!!!!!!!!
2021-05-15 17:35 Kristian G. Andersen open

It's the same thing all over again.
2021-05-15 17:36 Edward C. Holmes open

It is! I've mentioned HKU1 in virtually every talk I've given over the last 14 months. Just look at that JVI paper. You could just transpose SARS-CoV-2 for CoV-HKU1.
2021-05-15 17:37 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, reading it now - it really is exactly the same story all over again. Except, more benign virus.