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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.50 [SLACK_000264] · slack_pm:msg:00493

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Date
2020-06-03 12:02
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry

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20. Tests are no good

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  1. 2020-06-03 11:57 Robert F. Garry open
    13. It's just killing old people - they were going to die anyway 14. It's a blue state problem 15. It will mutate and get harmless 16. Just use a Kleenex and hand sanitizer - lot's of hand sanitizer
  2. 2020-06-03 11:57 Robert F. Garry open
    17 It will mutate and get more deadly
  3. 2020-06-03 11:58 Robert F. Garry open
    18. I got it through my eyes (my EYES)!
  4. 2020-06-03 12:00 Robert F. Garry open
    19. We'll be back open by Easter
  5. 2020-06-03 12:02 Robert F. Garry
    20. Tests are no good
  6. 2020-06-03 12:12 Robert F. Garry open
    Ok - maybe not all led to delays, but a lot of stuff has just not been all that helpful...
  7. 2020-06-03 12:13 Robert F. Garry open
    And then we have *PRIMARY SEWAGE SLUDGE* - that may actually be helpful: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105999v1.full.pdf
  8. 2020-06-03 12:52 Robert F. Garry open
    Not mentioned in my list above are the we're all going to die predictions (65K) that also might fall into the "not been all that helpful" category.
  9. 2020-06-03 12:53 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Haha, Bob, this is a freakishly accurate description of what went wrong in the US.... And it continues, of course -never learn from mistakes.

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