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I cant read it now but they are mental [2021-06-21 17:31:11] [Eddie Holmes] They say D614G was there in September 2019 [2021-06-21 17:31:24] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-06-21 17:27:15] @Kristian Andersen We talk about the 2 haplotypes (I think we should add the 3rd). We can just say that the 1100 mutations to bat makes it impossible and cite Sergeis reply to the Forsters. I will come up with something in the morning [2021-06-21 17:31:47] [Kristian Andersen] OMG, he mentioned "early cases in Europe" on the call yesterday and how "all the timing may well change". Come on - this is dumb. I didn't want to get into an argument about it on the call, but come on guys. :face_with_rolling_eyes: [2021-06-21 17:32:06] [Kristian Andersen] I'm sure Chairman Xi will welcome this paper with open arms. [2021-06-21 17:32:26] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-06-21 17:27:15] @Kristian Andersen Awesome. [2021-06-21 17:33:46] [Eddie Holmes] It was sent to me by someone who was reviewing it for advice and I said it was almost certainly just contamination from the major Italian wave...notable that they are getting the sequences from the patients that are PCR negative. [2021-06-21 17:34:44] [Andrew Rambaut] Why are they saying it came from Wuhan? Why not an Italian lab escape? Bonkers [2021-06-21 17:34:45] [Kristian Andersen] D614G is pretty much a dead giveaway... [2021-06-21 17:35:06] [Kristian Andersen] USAMRIID after all, huh? I hear there's an Italian working there. [2021-06-21 17:35:43] [Andrew Rambaut] Knew it. It was Gus [2021-06-21 17:36:16] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, I love the way it goes from Wuhan and then to Italy :zany_face: For the rooting thing, I think it just needs one statement given that we have the 2 lineages x 2 markets story. It doesn't need to be definitive but just to say it is complex.