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Nice person - pretty sure that did not change - but not sure she ever got over the cultural shock that Austin in the 70's was not the "Magic Kingdom." Somewhat obsessive about Mickey, Minnie and Donald. [2020-05-13 15:19:38] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2020-05-12 23:01:09] Thanks. Would be interesting to do a more formal analysis to see if this insertion site is evolving in any way unusually. Sounds like it is under fairly strong selective constraints. [2020-05-13 15:22:38] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, she's very nice and entertaining. Haven't seen her for a few years. [2020-05-13 15:37:48] [Eddie Holmes] Is Bill Gallaher going to formally publish any of this stuff? [2020-05-13 16:45:33] [Robert Garry] Doubtful - he took early retirement about 10 years ago because of heart failure - serious. I think it's reasonably controlled with better drugs and a new/better pacemaker. Last time I saw him about 6 months ago he looked better than he had in years. I think he'd be amenable to having "someone" incorporate it into a larger piece, but I don't think he wants to publish himself. [2020-05-13 16:47:16] [Robert Garry] "strong selective constraints" yes indeed - not at all inconsistent with prior work on CoVs over decades - still - a formal deep dive would be of considerable value. [2020-05-13 17:13:56] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2020-05-13 17:13:56] Poor guy. He did a great job with this. Would be good to publish it some how. [2020-05-13 23:20:55] [Eddie Holmes] The attached just came out on https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2005/2005.06199.pdf [shared file(s): 2005.06199.pdf] [2020-05-13 23:21:59] [Eddie Holmes] :man-facepalming: [2020-05-13 23:47:38] [Andrew Rambaut] They rule out snakes at least. [2020-05-13 23:51:29] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2020-05-13 17:13:56] @Eddie Holmes It's quite endearing how he still calls 3rd positions 'wobble sites'. [2020-05-14 00:20:05] [Eddie Holmes] That's a relief