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"Trust me Trump is weighing some even more crazy shit". Great, thanks Bob - not only am I completely freaked out by B.1.1.7, now I'm worried about a war with Iran... :wink: (and I trust you have sources to make that statement...). There's no question he's gotta go - 100%. [2021-01-07 11:37:45] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-01-07 11:37:45] Off the record (although you can find them on GISAID) we now have two independent instances of E484K on top of the B.1.1.7 constellation [2021-01-07 11:38:46] [Robert Garry] This is trumps cabinet. It takes 8 to invoke the 25th unless another one resigns. Not sure that I see 8 sane names on the list. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller Secretary of Education Elisabeth Prince DeVos Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe Administrator of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie Vice President Michael R. Pence White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows [2021-01-07 11:39:31] [Kristian Andersen] Congress can do as well, right? [2021-01-07 11:40:03] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-01-07 11:37:45] @Andrew Rambaut That's not good for all the reasons discussed... [2021-01-07 11:40:14] [Andrew Rambaut] Pence could then give them all pardons [2021-01-07 11:40:23] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-01-07 11:37:45] @Andrew Rambaut Shit. Good to know. I don't know what the heck is happening with this virus at the moment - it was pretty quiet evolutionarily speaking for a while... ANY data from neut studies?