Un fil de discussion d’une science en train de se faire sur Twitter ! « they should have preprinted this » (via @LillyLyle)
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RT @K_G_Andersen
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"data revealed genetically diverse Omicron ancestors already existed across Africa by August 2021. Mutations, altering viral tropism, replication and immune escape, gradually accumulated in the spike gene.”
Definitely a must-read!
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8737
https://twitter.com/K_G_Andersen/status/1598422985077305346
Et à nouveau (via @flodebarre)
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RT @richardneher
too bad this study wasn't posted on a preprint server -- the community would have had an opportunity to discuss the data and give feedback to the authors before it ends up in final form in a journal. 5/5
https://twitter.com/richardneher/status/1599243516986773504
Et finalement « After several social media posts suggested that these putative early Omicron ancestor sequences may have been false positives (…) we are retracting our Research Article. » HT @flodebarre
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RT @ScienceMagazine
The authors of “Gradual emergence followed by exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Africa” are retracting their study after a reanalysis revealed SARS-CoV-2 genomic fragments contaminated s…
https://twitter.com/ScienceMagazine/status/1605217993570516999
