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You're the man @Eddie Holmes

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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 open

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

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
2021-05-27 14:19 Robert F. Garry open

Well so much for a "dispassionate science-based discourse."