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[Andrew Rambaut] Also: > On 5 July, 2020 it was widely reported Jefferson claimed the coronavirus may not have originated in China. His theory was that a virus may simply lie dormant for years before suddenly emerging. Jefferson pointed to the isolation of Western Samoa which lost 22% of its population to Spanish Flu in 1918, Jefferson reportedly claiming that the islands had no contact with the outside world. His claim was in direct conflict with the generally accepted and well documented notion that Spanish Flu arrived on board the SS Talune on 7 November, 1918, when six infected passengers arriving from New Zealand were allowed ashore. Wikipedia has basically done a 'Let me google that for you' on him. [2020-07-06 17:09:31] [Eddie Holmes] They've done that to me as well. Bloody Cochrane are a pain in the arse. [2020-07-06 17:10:30] [Eddie Holmes] Great backstory though. [2020-07-06 18:20:09] [Kristian Andersen] Have any of you received the WHO SARS2 sequencing handbook for review? (from Sarah Hill). Holy smokes it's good - just saying. This is really going to help with getting sequencing up and running with local counties, states, etc. (yes, yes, UK, we know you have this sorted, but whatever...) [2020-07-06 20:32:42] [Kristian Andersen] Remember that journalist from the BBC? Well. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/ewsu2giezk/city-of-silence-china-wuhan [2020-07-06 21:27:48] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, I helped write that WHO report. Glad you liked it! Sarah Hill did a really amazing job. Very impressive. That BBC thing is the same old...still playing that daft RaTG13 card. [2020-07-06 21:28:40] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, I was really impressed by that WHO report - so much good stuff in there! :beer: [2020-07-06 21:29:35] [Eddie Holmes] :+1: Took a while. [2020-07-07 01:21:35] [Eddie Holmes] https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02891455/document [2020-07-07 01:21:47] [Eddie Holmes] Better read this. [2020-07-07 01:31:34] [Andrew Rambaut] Figure 6. :man-facepalming: [2020-07-07 01:48:08] [Eddie Holmes]