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[Kristian Andersen] Yup. Bloody exponential growth! [2020-06-18 15:48:18] [Kristian Andersen] Could have been a single hit and then slow fuse, boom. [2020-06-18 15:48:46] [Andrew Rambaut] This whole group has that triple mutation in N. I was trying to work out where that arose (first seen in a German sequence but there might be an earlier one now). [2020-06-18 15:54:43] [Eddie Holmes] The other day the narrative was that the Wuhan market was a hot spot because it was 'hot and sweaty' now these markets are hot spots because they are 'cold and wet'. Obviously dry and temperate is the best place to live. Does sound like this cluster has been around for a while though. [2020-06-18 15:55:57] [Kristian Andersen] I think the markets are probably just super spreading events + increased surveillance. [2020-06-18 15:56:00] [Andrew Rambaut] I bet they have a flashing red light on the hospital computer which goes on whenever there is a pneumonia case associated with a live animal market. [2020-06-18 15:56:08] [Kristian Andersen] Hah. [2020-06-18 15:56:43] [Andrew Rambaut] Still curious about the diversity in the 3 genomes. [2020-06-18 15:56:44] [Kristian Andersen] One main question I have here - were they wearing masks? There's this (likely wrong) belief now that if we all just put on masks, we'll be fine. [2020-06-18 15:57:20] [Kristian Andersen] > Still curious about the diversity in the 3 genomes Between them, or compared to others? [2020-06-18 15:57:44] [Andrew Rambaut] But there was no coronavirus in Beijing so why would you need to wear masks? [2020-06-18 15:57:51] [Andrew Rambaut] Between them. [2020-06-18 15:58:57] [Kristian Andersen]