Slack / Private Message Drop — page 244

[2020-10-30 16:38:05] [Eddie Holmes] We know there must have cases around at that time. All those posterior diversity stuff is complete BS though. That Wade guy from the NYT kept rattling on about that. [2020-10-30 16:40:21] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, we know the early cases occurred back in the beginning of December, so it's certainly not completely mad to think that somebody was investigating using sequencing around that time. [2020-10-30 16:42:50] [Eddie Holmes] But very likely in that there is just no footprint of this anywhere else...anyway, I've put the feelers out and I'll update you as soon as I hear anything. [2020-10-30 16:45:30] [Eddie Holmes] Also having a chat with Tommy later so will be armed with more pangolies. [2020-10-30 16:45:48] [Kristian Andersen] Don't forget to wear your new shirt! [2020-10-30 16:46:08] [Kristian Andersen] ... and just so we have the paper saved here on Slack... [shared file(s): COVID Pandemic Began at PLA Hospital in Wuhan.pdf] [2020-10-30 16:46:58] [Eddie Holmes] I've had quite a few preorders for that shirt!! [2020-10-30 17:05:51] [Eddie Holmes] The BGI people first made their data entry in China on Dec. 26th: [2020-10-30 17:06:00] [Eddie Holmes] shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-01-30 at 8.50.31 PM.png [2020-10-30 17:06:09] [Eddie Holmes] shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-10-31 at 11.03.59 am.png [2020-10-30 17:07:46] [Eddie Holmes] This time-line makes sense but it does show that George Gao must have known about it before Dec. 30!! I never believed that one for a second. [2020-10-30 17:09:22] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, this totally makes sense given the timeline. And yeah - George must have known. The ENA entries must have been created for some other purpose and backfilled. But it _is_ weird - because they only created those four on ENA and then nothing for a few weeks.