Private channel session 113

12 messages over 50m, 2020-06-01 – 2020-06-01.

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.

2020-06-01 19:35 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.47

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/nih-halted-study-unveils-its-massive-analysis-bat-coronaviruses "We were going to do full genomes but our funding was cut" :hankey:
2020-06-01 19:36 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.47

"He acknowledged that such an effort would be very costly, but said that compared to the cost of a pandemic, "You're definitely getting a good return on investment."" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/science/coronavirus-bats-wuhan.html
2020-06-01 19:37 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.47

So much bullshit from this guy
2020-06-01 19:40 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.48

Unbelievable BS
2020-06-01 19:41 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.48

At some point this will need to be called out.
2020-06-01 19:42 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.48

Yup.
2020-06-01 20:13 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.48

Shameless. He also posted that paper on bioRxiv AFTER it was accepted at Nat.Comm.
2020-06-01 20:18 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.48

Of course he did - and also only after baiting journalists with his drivel
2020-06-01 20:21 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.48

Here are the talking points they sent to the journos. The last 2 in the natural origins bit have got nothing to do with his paper at all. [shared file(s): Talking points Latinne et al. Bat Coronaviruses, China.docx]
2020-06-01 20:23 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.48

Fuck me.
2020-06-01 20:25 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.48

I know. What a bollock merchant.
2020-06-01 20:26 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.48

He's gone off the rails - but of course, there seems to be an epidemic of exactly that in this country at the moment. Starting from the very top.