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[2021-05-07 15:05:03] [Andrew Rambaut] We also planned to have a big table of the individual mutations with information about evidence for phenotypic effect etc. (some spike ones are there in 'mutations.csv' but we have all been to busy to work on this). The COG mutation dashboard has a lot: http://sars2.cvr.gla.ac.uk/cog-uk/ [2021-05-07 15:08:34] [Kristian Andersen] Oh, nice - we have been talking about data layers like that too - a lot of interest on the NIH to incorporate immunological data (which, I agree, is key). [2021-05-07 16:23:26] [Kristian Andersen] Have any of you read the Wade article in a little more detail? I'm still going through it, but it's shockingly bad - I mean, almost every single paragraph contains complete falsehoods and misunderstandings(/representations?) of basic scientific concepts. I only skimmed it previously, but reading through this, I'm totally stumped. It's as if he has never read a biology book. [2021-05-07 16:47:47] [Eddie Holmes] I tried, but it made me so angry that I could literally feel my blood pressure begin to rise to dangerous levels so I had to stop. I just can't read this shit otherwise it will kill me. Baltimore's quote is hilarious. I bet he was on the phone with Jesse. [2021-05-07 16:49:33] [Kristian Andersen] I'm honestly laughing reading this - it's completely absurd. [2021-05-07 16:49:46] [Kristian Andersen] It's dangerous though - I mean: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 4.48.22 PM.png] [2021-05-07 16:50:08] [Kristian Andersen] shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 4.49.59 PM.png [2021-05-07 16:50:52] [Eddie Holmes] Good points on the VOC/VOI stuff. I think the WHO proposal is simply about politics, particularly trying to avoid the association with particular places (which the press will totally ignore). The greek names is ok I guess and not a focanuba. All a bit pointless. [2021-05-07 16:50:54] [Kristian Andersen] And, of course, this (too long for screen shot...) [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 4.50.27 PM.png] [2021-05-07 16:52:34] [Kristian Andersen] @Robert Garry - I think it might be worth reaching out to GVN to see if they want to respond to this. I can't take the lead on something like this, but it's quite serious when a journalist as high profile as Wade (despite him being an idiot) is calling for people to "blame" virologists for the COVID-19 pandemic. It's shocking, frankly. [2021-05-07 16:56:56] [Eddie Holmes] Perhaps ASM/ASV would be better. Need to avoid the response from the loose-knit community. There's so much hate in Wade's article it's hard to know where to begin.