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2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

On the 6th he sent me this: SLACK_001109
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-30 at 3.23.27 pm.png
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

shared file(s): m.pdf
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

So, the point is that this confirms Shi's story of what happened.
2021-05-29 18:32 Kristian G. Andersen

Which part?
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

This is the earliest document on the outbreak from Shi's lab I think. She said that they sequenced SARS-CoV-2 and then screened their databases to see what matched. The only match they had was 4991/RaTG13. No evidence ofanything as close that they then deleted. It also confirms the Addendum to her Nature paper.
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

This is also the first reported tree with SARS-CoV-2 in.
2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open

Might not be much but it is at least consistent.
2021-05-29 18:32 Kristian G. Andersen open

Ahhh, I see what you're saying - this tree contains *everything* relevant they have, including RaTG13, which is very very close if you only consider RdRp. If she was concerned about similarity because it came from the lab, she would have taken out 4991 - it's very very close in the tree, but once you have the full sequence, you know it ain't it, but you don't from just the RdRp fragment.