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It will be messy, but there should be enough to identify the dominant host and at least to exclude humans

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2021-05-27 13:47 Edward C. Holmes open

I'll see if I can get George and Weifeng to do it
2021-05-27 13:50 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, they should really get on it - metagenomic sequencing should be sufficient. It'll be messy, but not a lot of data needed to do meaningful IDs
2021-05-27 13:52 Andrew Rambaut open

You sure you would be able to do species ID? Pretty unlikely to bring up anything with species level specificity
2021-05-27 13:52 Andrew Rambaut open

COI would be much more sensitive and there is the BOLD database
2021-05-27 13:54 Edward C. Holmes

It will be messy, but there should be enough to identify the dominant host and at least to exclude humans
2021-05-27 13:58 Robert F. Garry open

You're the man @Eddie Holmes
2021-05-27 13:59 Kristian G. Andersen open

(we should add this suggestion to the letter)
2021-05-27 14:09 Kristian G. Andersen open

"metaphorical disco club during a pandemic". Pretty accurate :wink: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-27 at 14.09.12.png]
2021-05-27 14:17 Robert F. Garry open

27-May-2021 Dear Dr. Garry, Manuscript number: abj5092 Thank you for submitting your manuscript "Comment: Investigate the origins of COVID-19" to Science. We will not be publishing any follow-up letters to the Bloom et al. letter given that arguments for one theory or the other remainspeculative. We are therefore notifying you so that you can seek publication elsewhere.Sincerely,Jennifer SillsScience