Private channel session 9

19 messages over 1h 15m, 2020-05-01 – 2020-05-01.

A “conversation” here is an activity session — a run of messages with under 60 minutes of silence inside it. The channel had no native conversation boundaries.

2020-05-01 13:08 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.4

Does anybody have access? https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.washingtonpost.co m/politics/2020/05/01/was-new-coronavirus-accidentally-released-wuhan-lab-its-doubtful/&ct=ga&cd=CA EYACoTMzI1ODA3ODQwNTYyMjEyNzQxOTIaYzJjMjMyMDI0NjFjMjMyODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH zDagpeqeWk3d4vP-rR127unjoYQ
2020-05-01 13:13 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.4

shared file(s): Was_the_new_coronavirus_accidentally_released_from_a_Wuhan_lab__It___s_doubtful_
2020-05-01 13:19 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.4

https://www.cell.com/pb-assets/products/coronavirus/immuni4362.pdf
2020-05-01 13:45 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.4

Maybe I'm a bit harsh but reads kinda like a high school "book report." Maybe a C+ grade.
2020-05-01 14:03 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.4

What is this? A paper or some sort of commentary?
2020-05-01 14:05 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.4

It is weird. It is kind of saying 'we knew all this and could have said it but couldn't be bothered'.
2020-05-01 14:06 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.4

That would be something Ralph would do
2020-05-01 14:23 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.4

SLACK_000219 AS for the Wash Post - Good job Eddie and Kristian - watched the video - will likely keep the lab escape hypothesisalive for longer - 50K
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.5

There's a video?
2020-05-01 14:23 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.5

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/01/was-new-coronavirus-accidentally-released-wuhan-lab-its-dou btful/
2020-05-01 14:23 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.5

Yes
2020-05-01 14:23 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.5

Rasmussan, Daszak several others I don't recognize.
2020-05-01 14:23 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.5

I've never emailed the Washington Post. That must come from an email that I sent to my press officer who then forwarded to them. I need to correct the I story. Nonsense.
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.5

I don't remember talking to these journalists either...
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.5

The video is pretty fucking terrible. Ending on "how unusual/remarkable is it that there's a lab working on bat coronaviruses exactly where an outbreak of a coronavirus started"? How dumb are people exactly? Good old correlation, not causation. May I suggest an alternative explanation - they're studying bat coronaviruses BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF BAT CORONAVIRUSES AROUND THERE. Which, I don't know, in combination with wet markets and the like might increase the risk of an outbreak from a bat coronaviruses.We need an actual razor in Occam's razor.
2020-05-01 14:23 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.5

Yes, it's shite. That Baric paper is also really weird. Reads to me that are pissed off that they were not involved inour paper and so want to get in on the act.
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.5

Now I need to ready Ralph's paper too...
2020-05-01 14:23 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.5

What proportion of your day is spent dealing with bollocks? Scientific bollocks I should add.
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.5

Time spent on bollocks = 80%, of which scientific bollocks = 40%, bollock bollocks = 20%, and bollocks scientists =20%