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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.897 · slack_pm:msg:09309

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Date
2021-05-29 18:32 (hour precision)
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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And virus X could not really any closer to SARS-CoV-2 than that on an RdRp tree....

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  1. 2021-05-29 18:32 Kristian G. Andersen open
    That would have given them even longer to plant that virus in an animal at the market... :wink:
  2. 2021-05-29 18:32 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I gotta say though - had I sequenced that RdRp and blasted that fragment, I would have lost my shit. Immediately.
  3. 2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    Right. You wouldn't be putting in a paper to Nature for all the fucking world to see.
  4. 2021-05-29 18:32 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Nope. And I remember you and I discussing that back then.
  5. 2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes
    And virus X could not really any closer to SARS-CoV-2 than that on an RdRp tree....
  6. 2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    The letter is FAR too complex. The false equivalence angle does not work at all for me.
  7. 2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    This needs to completely rewritten IMO
  8. 2021-05-29 18:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    = replied - it's NOT from Shi. Damn! He got sent the RdRp and did it himself. Bum. Of some historical interest jough. The excitement did not last long....
  9. 2021-05-29 18:32 Andrew Rambaut open
    Morning - I agree about the letter. It won't have impact like this. Did you see the structure I suggested: https://andersenlab.slack.com/archives/C022R1 PFL2K/p1622293697 139200 ?

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