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[2020-05-02 05:41:46] [Robert Garry] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/nih-s-axing-bat-coronavirus-grant-horrible-precedent-and-might-break-r ules-critics-say?fbclid=IwAR3PTMVfjRLD4JmgU77URppHGHPb92o3zYT9nIspa5GwQNjq60TAIrPHrLI [2020-05-02 06:50:45] [Robert Garry] They grabbed the preprint version. [2020-05-02 12:37:27] [Robert Garry] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276520302641#bib10 [2020-05-02 12:49:16] [Kristian Andersen] Let's get some of those furin inhibits online [2020-05-02 12:50:01] [Kristian Andersen] Speaking of furin - Bob, your old buddy is on the Virological again and it's a pretty nice theory for how the furin site was acquired in bats - just need to add a little extra divergence and there you have it: http://virological.org/t/tackling-rumors-of-a-suspicious-origin-of-ncov2019/384/3 [2020-05-02 13:32:38] [Robert Garry] > Yeah - something along those lines may well have happened. More bat viruses with "insertions/deletions" in the S1/S2 junction have to be out there. MERS-CoV actually pretty close. Furthermore, I have a link to some CoV PCR-positive bat samples from the Amazon (the rainforest, not the on-line megastore) - assume you're interested? Yes passaging in Vero's with and without trypsin important - trying to get hands on the Vero-TMPRSS cell line https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/117/13/7001.full.pdf The S2" site of importance as well. [2020-05-03 08:00:02] [Kristian Andersen] This cracked me up - from CBS 60 minutes: _"We have been working with Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, and looking at his effort to identify viral threats in the wild. Given the recent announcement of their cut in funding, we're looking to speak with someone in the scientific community *who has used EcoHealth Alliance's data and sequences from samples in their own work* and can speak to the importance of this type of field research"_ Hah - what data exactly? There is no data... [2020-05-03 08:17:14] [Robert Garry] Yes - but 60 minutes - - big rating - mention Nature Medicine - 50K [2020-05-03 08:22:35] [Kristian Andersen] I have talked to them previously - was disappointed by their lack of knowledge... [2020-05-03 16:21:02] [Eddie Holmes] Mike Pompeo. What the fuck is he on? [2020-05-03 16:21:35] [Eddie Holmes]