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[2021-01-08 08:05:03] [Kristian Andersen] Gotta say though - I called it on Nelly a while back... :man_in_business_suit_levitating:(although I'm still very surprised by the magnitude of the effect seen in B.1.1.7). [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-01-08 at 8.03.38 AM.png] [2021-01-08 12:59:19] [Eddie Holmes] You did. I think the message of the article holds up - mutations are gonna happen, get over it - but I think the title might need some revision ("we shouldn't worry about most mutations, but some will be a fucking pain"). At least virulence hasn't changed. [2021-01-08 13:02:34] [Eddie Holmes] John Sudworth from the BBC wrote to me about that crap Science paper...I agreed that it was just CCP propaganda. [2021-01-08 13:14:39] [Andrew Rambaut] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-reports/index.html Is this bollocks? [2021-01-08 13:20:18] [Eddie Holmes] My thoughts exactly. Avert blame by saying it's a super-spreading strain and there's nothing you can do. [2021-01-08 13:42:19] [Kristian Andersen] Wild discussions about this currently - I think it's bollocks. I can't see any single lineage (in the tree) driving enough transmission in the US to explain current surges. Then again, we don't exactly have COG-US... [2021-01-08 14:03:37] [Robert Garry] Probably good to point out that SC2 is damn good at super-spreading already. Plus the fact that air travel within the us over thanksgiving and christmas was still about half what it was last year - plenty of fuel for the surge. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/us-air-travel-highest-level-since-march [2021-01-09 04:52:10] [Andrew Rambaut] A few genomes just went up on GISAID: [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-01-09 04:52:23] [Andrew Rambaut] This one has both Eeek and Pooh [2021-01-09 04:52:35] [Andrew Rambaut] (E484K, P681H) [2021-01-09 06:35:27] [Robert Garry] Interesting (from Hopkins -sidenote daughter whose finishing up her doctorate there just got the second dose of Phizer - fever muscle aches not pleasant). [2021-01-09 07:02:38] [Robert Garry]