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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.817 [SLACK_001031] · slack_pm:msg:08522

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Date
2021-05-15 17:35
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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FUCK EDDIE - THAT CAME FROM THE LAB TOO??!!!!!!!!

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  1. 2021-05-15 17:29 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Really?
  2. 2021-05-15 17:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC538593/
  3. 2021-05-15 17:33 Kristian G. Andersen open
    ... and SARS-CoV-1 in Foshan. I mean, these are big places - like Wuhan.
  4. 2021-05-15 17:34 Edward C. Holmes open
    HKU-1. 1. Emerged in massive Asian city; 2. Unknown animal origin; 3. Furin cleavage site; 4. Initially associated with pneumonia. Sound familiar?
  5. 2021-05-15 17:35 Kristian G. Andersen
    FUCK EDDIE - THAT CAME FROM THE LAB TOO??!!!!!!!!
  6. 2021-05-15 17:35 Kristian G. Andersen open
    It's the same thing all over again.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 2021-05-15 17:38 Kristian G. Andersen open
    This is good - because if we can kill the "Wuhan isn't so special", it'll help turn over a lot of people. Would also help ifwe had a good sense of where major labs are.

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