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[2021-11-27 09:17:33] [Robert Garry] Probably a good idea to post without much comment - This version corrects some errors. [shared file(s): zoo plus Omicron 11-27-21 copy.pdf] [2021-11-27 12:36:21] [Eddie Holmes] Love it Bob [2021-11-30 14:15:34] [Andrew Rambaut] 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 [2021-11-30 14:16:24] [Andrew Rambaut] Blue is Capetown. Orange is Netherlands [2021-11-30 14:18:25] [Andrew Rambaut] 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 14:18:57] [Kristian Andersen] Agreed - it's based on what Kai put in the Science article. I didn't talk to Ian, but our media departed reached out mentioning that more recent estimates seem to converge around mid-October, with a large degree of uncertainty. [2021-11-30 14:20:00] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-11-30 14:20:00] NL, ex-RSA in the tree, correct? (given recent - "IT WAS WIDESPREAD IN EUROPE OVER THE SUMMER!!!") [2021-11-30 14:20:40] [Andrew Rambaut] Yes. Marion says most of them came from Capetown which is eminently plausible in that tree. [2021-11-30 14:21:52] [Kristian 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 14:21:53] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-11-30 14:20:00] @Kristian Andersen Missed this - where was that? [2021-11-30 14:23:35] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-11-30 14:20:00] @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 14:25:06]