Slack / Private Message Drop — page 893

I'm pretty glad this 'investigation' is handled by the intelligence community - only way to do it. They final report will just (hopefully...) regurgitate the evidence as we understand it already. Between us, but the spooks will spend quite a bit of time in sunny San Diego. N'Orleans too? [2021-05-29 08:14:20] [Robert Garry] Not been contacted yet - but good to hear! [2021-05-29 08:37:08] [Kristian Andersen] Do we know anything about this? @Andrew Rambaut? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/29/vietnam-hybrid-variant-covid-virus/ [2021-05-29 08:40:22] [Kristian Andersen] Previously highly successful countries are taking off like crazy - Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Fiji, so I'm wondering if that's linked to B.1.617.2 in any way. [2021-05-29 08:53:18] [Andrew Rambaut] Not yet. Nothing on GISAID. In no particular order of likeliness: B117 with some additional mutations, B16172 with some additional mutations (Nelly?), a contaminated sequencing, mixed infection, recombination [2021-05-29 09:01:53] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, I don't really give much for the "recombination" aspect of this - but was wondering if this is B.1.617.2. Probably is. [2021-05-29 09:08:26] [Andrew Rambaut] Not going to speculate :face_with_raised_eyebrow: [2021-05-29 09:19:22] [Robert Garry] Sucks we don't know by now - I have a feeling deep in my veins that someone should set up some better sequencing infrastructure in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia. [2021-05-29 09:22:56] [Kristian Andersen] Hah. I guess we're on it :wink: [2021-05-29 09:23:12] [Kristian Andersen] Pretty good, this. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-29 at 9.21.57 AM.png] [2021-05-29 17:27:07] [Kristian Andersen] Eddie - do you think it would be possible to get some clarifying answers from Shi about the serology staff testing, the database, and maybe a few other things? Would greatly improve some of our points. Alex suggested this and I have been thinking about it myself - maybe we could reach out via Peter? [2021-05-29 18:32:08] [Eddie Holmes]