Private channel session 1547

18 messages over 1h 15m, 2021-06-28 – 2021-06-28.

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1. 2021-06-28 14:56 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.965
   Shall we ask Mike W if he wants to be an author? I don't think it would be incompatible with his being on the Bloom letter and I think he would see the good science. Would be good to pull over a few Bloom letter peeps.
2. 2021-06-28 14:57 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.965
   Sure. It will be noted. Just make sure he doesn't share it.
3. 2021-06-28 14:58 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.965
   I might ask Peter Doherty. Would be good to get a Nobel on board.
4. 2021-06-28 15:00 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.965
   How many extra authors do we want? Only big hitters? Broad range of fields?
5. 2021-06-28 15:01 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.965
   Not a huge number. People who will contribute. See other channel.
6. 2021-06-28 15:02 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.965
   Yeah, agreed - let's get some big hitters / CoV folks, but other than that, keep it simple. Mike would be good so wehave some cross-fertilization.
7. 2021-06-28 15:02 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.965
   But we don't want them actually to contribute - or we will get in the editing mess again.
8. 2021-06-28 15:02 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.965
   Could do with some epidemiology and some ecology
9. 2021-06-28 15:02 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.966
   But they most comment otherwise they shouldn't be an author and that would give us grief
10. 2021-06-28 15:02 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.966
    I'm wondering if we should consider Pamela Bjorkman too - big name and she's not happy with her Science letter
11. 2021-06-28 15:03 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.966
    Make it as broad as possible - not just virologists worried about being allowed to create frankenstein viruses.
12. 2021-06-28 15:04 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.966
    Yes - we need documented evidence of a suggested edit.
13. 2021-06-28 15:04 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.966
    Exactly!
14. 2021-06-28 15:11 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.966
    Need to keep gender balance and non-US/UK angle
15. 2021-06-28 15:12 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.966
    Let's try and vet the names before Angie and Stephen invite every virologist they ever had a drink with
16. 2021-06-28 16:03 Andrew Rambaut open PDF p.966
    Mike said he would love to be involved.
17. 2021-06-28 16:05 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.966
    Great!
18. 2021-06-28 16:12 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.966
    Fab!