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The question is whether the progenitor of SC2 is endemic in Chinese pangos or Malaysian ones and is being imported. I think Chinese pangos are pretty thin on the ground these days for obvious reasons. [2021-01-27 01:55:50] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-01-27 01:42:35] @Eddie Holmes Typical - surprised she's not first author. First/last authors on all papers was the "deal" Metabiota [Wolfe/@longcovidfaker] made with all their predict sites. [2021-01-27 01:56:19] [Andrew Rambaut] Or the pangos are just susceptible to most of the viruses in this branch of serbecoviruses [2021-01-27 01:56:58] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-01-27 01:42:35] @Eddie Holmes Indeed. But the Cambodians insisted it wasn't their sample. [2021-01-27 01:57:04] [Andrew Rambaut] Clearly the branch is widely distributed in bats [2021-01-27 02:00:13] [Robert Garry] Good points Andrew - China imports a LOT of pangos from Africa too, so we're on a full court press to see if we can find any pango covs there... [2021-01-27 02:00:22] [Eddie Holmes] The Yunnan pango sequence is close to those from Guangxi. Serology suggests positive animals in Thailand and Malaysia (i.e. Tommy). [2021-01-27 02:01:51] [Eddie Holmes] Really hope Tommy's viruses get sequenced soon. [2021-01-27 02:02:32] [Eddie Holmes] Not intermediate hosts but the ecology is really interesting. [2021-01-27 02:02:35] [Robert Garry] Good to know too - any insights into what secondaries [cat, dog, ferret] work would be helpful. [2021-01-27 02:11:46] [Eddie Holmes] I thought of the DRASTIC crew getting so upset over this does warm the heart. Bless. [2021-01-27 02:18:27] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-01-27 02:18:27] Has it got to the point where they say it is a fake? [2021-01-27 02:20:46] [Eddie Holmes]