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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1035 [SLACK_001249] · slack_pm:msg:10821

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Date
2021-11-30 14:20
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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NL, ex-RSA in the tree, correct? (given recent - "IT WAS WIDESPREAD IN EUROPE OVER THE SUMMER!!!")

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  1. 2021-11-30 14:15 Andrew Rambaut open
    Had a few journalists saying that omicron started in September. Ian Semple said he had got this from you @Kristian Andersen ? That is way to old in my opinion
  2. 2021-11-30 14:16 Andrew Rambaut open
    Blue is Capetown. Orange is Netherlands
  3. 2021-11-30 14:18 Andrew Rambaut open
    Here is our current tree - and the outgroup at the bottom is probably dodgy stuff [shared file(s): omicron_2021-11-29_179-Italian.masked.ml.tree.png]
  4. 2021-11-30 14:18 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Agreed - it's based on what Kai put in the Science article. I didn't talk to Ian, but our media departed reached outmentioning that more recent estimates seem to converge around mid-October, with a large degree of uncertainty.
  5. 2021-11-30 14:20 Kristian G. Andersen
    NL, ex-RSA in the tree, correct? (given recent - "IT WAS WIDESPREAD IN EUROPE OVER THE SUMMER!!!")
  6. 2021-11-30 14:20 Andrew Rambaut open
    Yes. Marion says most of them came from Capetown which is eminently plausible in that tree.
  7. 2021-11-30 14:21 Kristian G. Andersen open
    So this bloody things is widespread _all_ over South Africa and presumably most of Southern Africa as well... Bloody hell, it took off fast.
  8. 2021-11-30 14:21 Andrew Rambaut open
    @Kristian Andersen Missed this - where was that?
  9. 2021-11-30 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Kristian Andersen This: https://twitter.com/dmaccannell/status/1465526465336950784?s=20. Duncan taking it on because it's being amplified in US media and everybody is getting pinged about it.

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