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[Kristian Andersen] That article Bob shared from Jason Gale is actually really good - just sticks to what we know and what we don't. http s://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-04/where-are-we-in-hunting-for-the-coronavirus-s-origin-quicktake [2021-03-23 20:00:04] [Kristian Andersen] This dude's cool too - I dig his style. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-23 at 7.57.33 PM.png, Screen Shot 2021-03-23 at 7.57.42 PM.png] [2021-03-23 20:01:52] [Kristian Andersen] The combo of being anti-lab leak, spot on when it comes to the science, while also playing bluegrass and being from Fort Worth, Texas, I don't know man... Gotta be a rare mix. [2021-03-23 20:04:43] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, I've noticed him. I like him as well. [2021-03-24 02:29:34] [Eddie Holmes] Peter says: [2021-03-24 02:29:54] [Eddie Holmes] "The viral load measurements will be in there I believe, but buried and will need someone to dig them out. I'll talk with Marion and line that up, then let you know where it is." [2021-03-24 02:57:28] [Eddie Holmes] "Re. the Ct values, I just spoke with Marion and we don't have the ct values, but the fact that they were able to pull out full genomes from the environmental swabs in the market (that's in the report) suggests the ct values must have been remarkably low..." [2021-03-24 03:00:15] [Eddie Holmes] Real shame that they don't have the Ct values. This not quite doing to be as strong as we hoped. [2021-03-24 04:40:54] [Robert Garry] https://www.cp24.com/world/who-team-finds-signs-of-wider-covid-19-outbreak-in-wuhan-in-dec-2019-1.5309140 [2021-03-24 04:47:16] [Robert Garry] So I think that I read that they were able to map the positive environmental sampleson the map that PD is rolling up in the picture. We also heard that at least some of the samples 'mapped" to the live animal stalls, including the grate under Eddie's raccoon dogs. [2021-03-24 04:53:20] [Andrew Rambaut] These are the environmental samples put on GISAID by George? All identical to Wuhan-Hu-1? [2021-03-24 04:53:34] [Robert Garry] I agree that being able to culture live virus from the environmental samples means Cts in the mid to low 20s. Viable virus clearly - the complete (near complete) genomes from one pass on Vero cells are on GISAID. maybe the the Chinese database too.