Slack / Private Message Drop — page 652

_Matt Pottinger: There was a direct order from Beijing to destroy all viral samples -- and they didn't volunteer to share the genetic sequences._ _Matt Pottinger: There is a body of research that's been taking place conducted by the Chinese military in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has not been acknowledged by the Chinese government. We've seen the data. I've personally seen the data._ _Matt Pottinger: We don't know. It is a major lead that needs to be pursued by the press, certainly by the World Health Organization. Beijing is simply not interested in allowing us to find the answers to those very pertinent questions._ [2021-03-29 15:24:54] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen Very interesting... I assume no pango lineage yet? One to watch, I guess. [2021-03-29 15:31:05] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen C.36 [2021-03-29 15:31:36] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen (but it may be a sublineage of this which would make it C.36.1) [2021-03-29 15:31:43] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen shared file(s): C.36.ml.tree.pdf [2021-03-29 15:32:22] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen Need to work out where on this tree the VOCy mutations arise [2021-03-29 15:32:31] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen But very 'Egypty' over all [2021-03-29 15:33:44] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen Oh, yeah, that does look very "Egypty". https://outbreak.info/situation-reports?pango=C.36 [2021-03-29 15:34:37] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-03-29 10:34:23] @Kristian Andersen .1 appears to be Canada? https://outbreak.info/situation-reports?pango=C.36.1&loc=USA &loc=USA_US-CA&selected=Worldwide [2021-03-29 15:41:54] [Andrew Rambaut]