Slack / Private Message Drop — page 9

[Kristian Andersen] It seems our score might have hit a plateau - similar to the US COVID-19 curve... Talking to the House tomorrow - that might ultimately lead to a boost. [2020-05-04 16:12:46] [Eddie Holmes] Which TV station is that? I turn down everything. [2020-05-04 16:14:51] [Robert Garry] that what i figured - i look it up... [2020-05-04 16:15:15] [Kristian Andersen] ABC... TV AND radio - on a Sunday! I don't work on shabbat!!! [2020-05-04 16:15:51] [Eddie Holmes] Oh the ABC are ok. The BBC equivalent. [2020-05-04 16:20:56] [Kristian Andersen] From this otherwise excellent overview - wtf?? [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-05-04 at 4.19.57 PM.png] [2020-05-04 16:20:59] [Kristian Andersen] https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-020-01315-7/d41586-020-01315-7.pdf [2020-05-04 16:21:39] [Kristian Andersen] Do people honestly think magic will save us? Several good quotes by Bob and Andrew though :wink: [2020-05-04 16:30:49] [Eddie Holmes] I'm 100% certain he said a lot more than that - and was very reasonable - but the journo has just picked specific quotes and chosen the context. That particularly Nature reporter has form and I refuse to talk to him. [2020-05-04 16:54:36] [Robert Garry] Yes - but the article also says that OC43 caused the 1898 Russian flu. I thought it was H3N8. Is this true about OC43 or don't we know. OC43 has a furin site and O-glycans. [2020-05-04 16:56:01] [Eddie Holmes] There can't be any evidence it is OC43, surely? [2020-05-04 17:03:56] [Robert Garry] circumstantial and speculation is all it seems. [2020-05-04 17:11:57] [Robert Garry] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112090/