Private channel session 415

9 messages over 1h 6m, 2020-09-22 – 2020-09-22.

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.

2020-09-22 14:37 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.188

If assigning a grade I'd say A for effort, A+ for participation and B+ for content.
2020-09-22 14:44 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.189

Hope the GVN thing was ok Bob. Would have been better - with more discussion - if they have not spent so much time patting each other on the back at the start.
2020-09-22 14:44 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.189

I just read it as well - not very impressed. I'd say an over B- grade.
2020-09-22 14:46 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.189

Do you know the Hopkins authors?
2020-09-22 14:46 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.189

Nope
2020-09-22 14:48 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.189

They got a number of things wrong - some of which could be problematic. E.g., they mention that SARS1 has a furin cleavage site in the spike - that's clearly not true and suggestive of them not looking very closely at the literature. I'll posit that my much shorter Twitter thread did a better job :wink:
2020-09-22 14:50 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.189

SARS1 furin is a shocker. Best not associate ourselves with these people. Your Twitter thread was very good: reallywound them up!
2020-09-22 15:32 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.189

Agree about the patting - but you did great Eddie! Action-packed 9 slides...and more than a few well placed blowstoward the GVP crowd. I must have blown over the SARS1 furin bit in the Gronvall piece - that would have definitelylowered my grade probably even below the B-.
2020-09-22 15:43 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.189

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32869021/ Furin site is important