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A slack conversation of 17 messages spanning 1h 0m.

# Metadata

- **Started:** 2021-01-25T14:25:37
- **Ended:** 2021-01-25T15:26:06
- **Duration:** 1h 0m
- **Participants:** 4
- **Source:** [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)
- **Pages:** 450-451

# Participants

* [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md)
* [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md)
* [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md)
* [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md)

# Transcript

**[2021-01-25T14:25:37] Robert F. Garry:** Certainly strongly supports all you said in Boni2020.

**[2021-01-25T14:36:07] Andrew Rambaut:** Cool! If you make a nucleotide alignment of the spikes, I would love to take a look.

**[2021-01-25T14:40:15] Robert F. Garry:** Will do - on it...

**[2021-01-25T14:40:32] Kristian G. Andersen:** Yeah, very interesting - seems like that the "RaTG13 lost the pango RBD" might actually turn out true. Very nice confirmation.

**[2021-01-25T14:40:57] Kristian G. Andersen:** Totally unrelated, but this seems very exciting... Can't wait to read the full book [shared file(s): chart.jpg]

**[2021-01-25T14:41:14] Kristian G. Andersen:** [Actually, I can wait. Never mind]

**[2021-01-25T14:42:29] Robert F. Garry:** Lost me at "Beyond the boyish good looks...."

**[2021-01-25T14:42:59] Kristian G. Andersen:** Yeah, not really fair that they didn't say that about Eddie.

**[2021-01-25T14:44:23] Kristian G. Andersen:** Here's a preview of the book. Thrilling. [shared file(s): LOCKDOWN_Preview_210121.pdf]

**[2021-01-25T14:48:35] Robert F. Garry:** Somehow Lockdown just not the same pizzazz as Spillover, Outbreak or HOT ZONE.

**[2021-01-25T14:49:20] Kristian G. Andersen:** Lame title - call it "Escape from the Lab" or something like that.

**[2021-01-25T14:50:56] Robert F. Garry:** Have you ever noticed that when a book claims to tell the "true story" that often it isn't?

**[2021-01-25T14:53:47] Robert F. Garry:** Speaking of nucleotide alignments: [shared file(s): image.png]

**[2021-01-25T14:54:55] Kristian G. Andersen:** I think he meant to say "Based on a true story".... And yeah - Yuri still hasn't figured out MSA scoring schemes. Maybe in his next online course.

**[2021-01-25T15:11:52] Robert F. Garry:** And, what's up with Richard High Ebright (his actual name)?

**[2021-01-25T15:16:05] Edward C. Holmes:** Paper was started on the 5th (see below). I will pass this 'book' to the lawyers. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-01-26 at 10.14.59 am.png]

**[2021-01-25T15:26:06] Edward C. Holmes:** Alas, likely the first of many.