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Date
2021-05-29 08:53
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut

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Not yet. Nothing on GISAID. In no particular order of likeliness: B117 with some additional mutations, B16172 with some additional mutations (Nelly?), a contaminated sequencing, mixed infection, recombination

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  1. 2021-05-29 08:11 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I'm pretty glad this 'investigation' is handled by the intelligence community - only way to do it. They final report will just (hopefully...) regurgitate the evidence as we understand it already. Between us, but the spooks will spend quite a bit of time in sunny San Diego. N'Orleans too?
  2. 2021-05-29 08:14 Robert F. Garry open
    Not been contacted yet - but good to hear!
  3. 2021-05-29 08:37 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Do we know anything about this? @Andrew Rambaut? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/29/vietnam-hybrid-variant-covid-virus/
  4. 2021-05-29 08:40 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Previously highly successful countries are taking off like crazy - Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Fiji, so I'm wondering if that's linked to B.1.617.2 in any way.
  5. 2021-05-29 08:53 Andrew Rambaut
    Not yet. Nothing on GISAID. In no particular order of likeliness: B117 with some additional mutations, B16172 with some additional mutations (Nelly?), a contaminated sequencing, mixed infection, recombination
  6. 2021-05-29 09:01 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, I don't really give much for the "recombination" aspect of this - but was wondering if this is B.1.617.2. Probablyis.
  7. 2021-05-29 09:08 Andrew Rambaut open
    Not going to speculate :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
  8. 2021-05-29 09:19 Robert F. Garry open
    Sucks we don't know by now - I have a feeling deep in my veins that someone should set up some better sequencing infrastructure in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia.
  9. 2021-05-29 09:22 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Hah. I guess we're on it :wink:

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