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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.65 [SLACK_000279] · slack_pm:msg:00658

Date: 2020-06-09 08:17
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Intelligence community assessments

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Yes - he went by realvirushunter for a brief time in 2014 after Wolfe fired him in the midst of the Ebola outbreak. Hereverted to curefinder after Wolfe pointed out that they had a legal agreement not to troll each other after the "break-up" of Metabiota. Yes, curefinder is especially lame when you haven't - you know - like actually found anycures.

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Statement	Grade	Attribution	Stance
Yes, curefinder is especially lame when you haven't - you know - like actually found anycures.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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Yes, curefinder is especially lame when you haven't - you know - like actually found anycures.

own voice, substantive

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2020-06-09 08:00 Andrew Rambaut open

I guess they can't get any of us on these days
2020-06-09 08:08 Kristian G. Andersen open

Because she's an expert or something
2020-06-09 08:11 Robert F. Garry open

You're right - she's something. It's MSNBC -Garrett is ~bumbbing~ subbing for Curefinder, who is recovering from~a panic attack~ "presumptive" COVID-19 [but can't manage to get a positive qPCR or antibody test]. Note: he is not one of us either [a scientist], although he pretends to be one on teevee.
2020-06-09 08:13 Andrew Rambaut open

I have always thought that 'curefinder' is a really lame handle. But I guess Nathan has trademarked all the cool ones.
2020-06-09 08:17 Robert F. Garry

Yes - he went by realvirushunter for a brief time in 2014 after Wolfe fired him in the midst of the Ebola outbreak. Hereverted to curefinder after Wolfe pointed out that they had a legal agreement not to troll each other after the "break-up" of Metabiota. Yes, curefinder is especially lame when you haven't - you know - like actually found anycures.

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