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Did you read the paper in question. I don't really see how it supports a lab escape?

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2020-06-03 15:46 Edward C. Holmes open

I might make a t-shirt of Bob's list of 20. Of perhaps just 17 in bright red.
2020-06-03 15:50 Andrew Rambaut open

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/exclusive-coronavirus-began-accident-disease-escaped-chinese/
2020-06-03 15:53 Edward C. Holmes open

Ugh.
2020-06-03 15:54 Robert F. Garry open

Yeah - forgot about all the unhelpful stuff re the origins - probably a good 5 or 6 more points for the list.
2020-06-03 15:56 Edward C. Holmes

Did you read the paper in question. I don't really see how it supports a lab escape?
2020-06-03 15:58 Andrew Rambaut open

It doesn't - but the article explains that it has been watered down apparently.
2020-06-03 15:58 Andrew Rambaut open

And a new paper is coming out as soon as they find someone to publish it.
2020-06-03 16:04 Edward C. Holmes open

Got it. I went straight to the paper. Have you seen the original? I'd love to see what this compelling evidence is.
2020-06-03 16:05 Edward C. Holmes open

"Henceforth, those who would maintain that the Covid-19 pandemic arose from zoonotic transfer need to explain precisely why this more parsimonious account is wrong before asserting that their evidence is persuasive, most especially when, as we also show, there are puzzling errors in their use of evidence." Is this us?