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[2021-07-04 17:59:58] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-07-04 15:19:18] @Eddie Holmes Ref. 34 needs a Greek delta symbol. Can you sort that Andrew? [2021-07-04 18:13:47] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-07-04 15:19:18] @Eddie Holmes Refs fixed. Quite a few little things. Just that Greek delta in ref. 34 to resolve. [2021-07-06 14:06:06] [Eddie Holmes] !channel Got sent this by my deep throat in China. He said "In case I got silenced later on. This is the tree figure based on very partial S gene that I wanted to show you. Hopefully we will get more complete genome later on, will update you". What he didn't say was what animal it was! This is likely part of the gamey tastes project. I'm guessing pangolin but I'm not sure. [shared file(s): Nice_whether.jpg] [2021-07-06 14:09:02] [Kristian Andersen] Interesting - I assume the sequence of interest is "temp4"? If so, more distant than RaTG13 to SARS-CoV-2, but definitely interesting. [2021-07-06 14:10:41] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, temp4. It's S though and only RaTG13 has been close in S (other than the pangolin RBD). I do wonder if they have the FCS?? [2021-07-06 14:11:23] [Eddie Holmes] You can see how distant the other Yunnan bat viruses are. [2021-07-06 14:12:58] [Kristian Andersen] FCS would be exciting....!!! [2021-07-06 14:14:35] [Eddie Holmes] I will bring news when I get it. [2021-07-06 14:34:20] [Andrew Rambaut] Ooo... exciting [2021-07-06 15:13:11] [Andrew Rambaut] I kind of wish everyone hadn't gone around telling journos about this until we had it out. [2021-07-06 15:13:39] [Andrew Rambaut] I don't see any reason why we needed to pre-warn journalists [2021-07-06 15:13:43] [Eddie Holmes] Me too!