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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.101 [SLACK_000315] · slack_pm:msg:01023

Date: 2020-07-15 16:44
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recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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I'm currently reading this: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a-proposed-origin-for-sars-cov-2-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/

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2020-07-15 16:23 Edward C. Holmes open

Her paper makes a number of mistakes. Tommy constructed two Guangdong pangolin CoVs: one that utilised the earlier sequence and one that didn't. This is all clearly stated. Plus, no one ever claimed these samples were taken from separate animal populations (although I agree it is important to point this out). Again, this just another person that it is trying to explain away facts in an increasingly outlandish manner to fit their own theory. She'll live to regret her tweets.
2020-07-15 16:26 Kristian G. Andersen open

... she should be proud of this particular Tweet though... (Bob, I'm :eyes: at you...) [shared file(s): Screen Shot2020-07-15 at 4.24.43 PM.png]
2020-07-15 16:44 Edward C. Holmes open

Another possibility is that a lot of the people push lab escape know shit about virus evolution and emergence.
2020-07-15 16:44 Kristian G. Andersen open

There is that...
2020-07-15 16:44 Kristian G. Andersen

I'm currently reading this: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a-proposed-origin-for-sars-cov-2-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/
2020-07-15 16:49 Edward C. Holmes open

Such utter shite. I didn't realise until the other day that the 1977 H1N1 outbreak was *not* a lab escape but a shonkyvaccine trial. Very interesting.
2020-07-15 16:51 Kristian G. Andersen open

I thought their first one was pretty good - but this one is wacky so far. And yeah - looks like 1977 was a vaccine trial, which is pretty crazy.
2020-07-15 16:54 Edward C. Holmes open

Let them pursue the 'RaTG13 is the origin' line if they want. Daft. What a waste of pixels. And saying that the 2009H1N1 outbreak is a lab escape is just mental.

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