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So this bloody things is widespread _all_ over South Africa and presumably most of Southern Africa as well... Bloody hell, it took off fast.

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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]
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.
2021-11-30 14:20 Kristian G. Andersen open

NL, ex-RSA in the tree, correct? (given recent - "IT WAS WIDESPREAD IN EUROPE OVER THE SUMMER!!!")
2021-11-30 14:20 Andrew Rambaut open

Yes. Marion says most of them came from Capetown which is eminently plausible in that tree.
2021-11-30 14:21 Kristian G. Andersen

So this bloody things is widespread _all_ over South Africa and presumably most of Southern Africa as well... Bloody hell, it took off fast.
2021-11-30 14:21 Andrew Rambaut open

@Kristian Andersen Missed this - where was that?
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.
2021-11-30 14:25 Andrew Rambaut open

Yes - two independent travellers from Mozambique (Italy and Reunion)
2021-11-30 14:25 Andrew Rambaut open

All within the Gauteng/Botswana diversity