Private channel session 1712

8 messages over 24m, 2022-01-25 – 2022-01-25.

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1. 2022-01-25 12:16 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.1075
   Just got my Quamman email - the excerpts are really really good.
2. 2022-01-25 12:17 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.1076
   This sums up our deliberations so eloquently it almost brought a tear to my eye: "Only one form of trial-and-error could have produced it, they judged, a form that is tireless, blind, and infinitelypersistent: evolution by natural selection."
3. 2022-01-25 12:18 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.1076
   BOB - GRANT!!!!!!! :wink: And yes - DQ is great. He should be sending me the whole book draft next week, so I'm looking forward to that.
4. 2022-01-25 12:18 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.1076
   Ialsomentioned that he should probably acknowledge the Feb 1 teleconference or else the Lab Leak crowd would accuse him of being part of the conspiracy/cover-up.
5. 2022-01-25 12:34 Edward C. Holmes open PDF p.1076
   You mean you have to write grants? I thought they were awarded automatically.
6. 2022-01-25 12:36 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.1076
   I thought so too - that's what Der Fauci said, but I haven't seen the check yet.
7. 2022-01-25 12:39 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.1076
   So many distractions - I think maybe I'll just say that BA.2 is the end of the world as we know it and then maybe they'll leave me alone...
8. 2022-01-25 12:40 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.1076
   Well, if you were British Airways, it would be.