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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.80 [SLACK_000294] · slack_pm:msg:00804

Date: 2020-06-17 09:11
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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Haha, nice. Reply back and ask for (a) $15k and you'll say the virus is all natural, or (b) $150k and you'll say it's from America, or (c) $15m and you'll say Donald Trump made it.

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2020-06-17 09:08 Robert F. Garry open

Would this make me a de facto employee of the CCPDear Professor Garry, I am a producer with China Central Television. Given your background in infectious diseases, we would like to request an interview via Zoom to discuss various responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. To show our appreciation for your time and contribution, we would like to offer an honorarium of $150. Sample questions would cover: 1. Several countries have reopened their economies. How do you view this process from a public health perspective? 2. 3. How would you evaluate the various efforts to fight COVID-19? 4. 5. How can different nations cooperate to solve the pandemic? 6. The interview would be conducted at your most convenient time. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.Thank you,Daniel Dao
2020-06-17 09:11 Kristian G. Andersen

Haha, nice. Reply back and ask for (a) $15k and you'll say the virus is all natural, or (b) $150k and you'll say it's from America, or (c) $15m and you'll say Donald Trump made it.
2020-06-17 09:13 Robert F. Garry open

Good idea - $15M is about what I'd have made had I taken Wolfe and Fair up on their offer years back, so I could"retire."
2020-06-17 09:20 Andrew Rambaut open

Go for it. We won't think less of you.

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