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1. 2021-05-25 03:41 Robert F. Garry open
   @Eddie Holmes yes - I'd turn over the emails to Tony F. Remind him to "follow the animals." TF needs to turn them over to the other Tony --- Blinken Sec of State who will pass them to the CIA and the China watchers. Hopefull TFtells TB to "follow the animals."
2. 2021-05-25 03:46 Andrew Rambaut open
   Need to nail down the bit in the letter about the FCS - having the human viruses as examples is open to a comeback. The MERS one is cool though because it is a nearby RxxR motif in the right site but it is not a human virus
3. 2021-05-25 03:47 Andrew Rambaut open
   The point is that it exists in nature in various coronaviruses in non-human animals. But seems to be important forH2H transmission.
4. 2021-05-25 03:47 Robert F. Garry open
   The Chinese absolutely positively 100% KNOW it did not come from any of their labs. But (as discussed in-channel], they are prefectly content to let Murdoch media rant and take the lead about a "lab leak." It distracts from having anyone discuss "gamey taste" and the multibillion dollar wildlife trade that they find highly embarrassing for whatever reason.
5. 2021-05-25 03:48 Robert F. Garry
   @Andrew Rambaut Yes - spot-on!
6. 2021-05-25 03:48 Andrew Rambaut open
   @Andrew Rambaut I think the presence in human CoVs probably talks more to the bias towards spillovers from viruses that already have the FCS rather than it evolving in humans
7. 2021-05-25 03:53 Robert F. Garry open
   Shi releases mine virus sequences. Hey no problem - the goalposts are highly mobile. [shared file(s): image.png]

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