COVID-19 Records

Private channel session 63

2 messages over 5m, 2020-05-16 – 2020-05-16.

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  1. 2020-05-16 04:49 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.29
    Me neither, but I could have missed it somewhere in the barrage of "do you believe Fair?" emails. Answer no BTW. "_However, since we observed all notable SARS-CoV-2 features, including the optimized RBD and polybasic cleavage site, in related coronaviruses in nature, we do not believe that *any* type of laboratory-based scenario isplausible."_
  2. 2020-05-16 04:54 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.29
    This sentence in question is just about as careful and nuanced as it could be. "we do not believe" ergo this is our opinion. "plausible" means: sure we can't rule out that the Red Army created this in a lab with help from 9 foot tallgreen spacewomen, but sticking to reality it's very unlikely.