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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.136 [SLACK_000350] · slack_pm:msg:01390

Date: 2020-08-14 15:47
Type: chat message · slack
mentioned: Edward C. Holmes
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker: Andrew Rambaut

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@Eddie Holmes My worry is that these young, talented scientists have squandered a huge opportunity to do great science and help understand the pandemic and instead do silly ephemeral shite like this.

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2020-08-14 15:37 Edward C. Holmes open

I will be criticising NextStrain if so. I'm just checking with the Melbourne people now.
2020-08-14 15:44 Edward C. Holmes open

@Eddie Holmes Pretty incompetent analysis. I'm going to enjoy this.
2020-08-14 15:45 Andrew Rambaut open

@Eddie Holmes Does anyone actually pay attention to these 'sit reps'?
2020-08-14 15:46 Edward C. Holmes open

@Eddie Holmes No idea. But the hotel quarantine thing is huge in Australia. There's a formal inquiry at the moment and heads will roll.
2020-08-14 15:47 Andrew Rambaut

@Eddie Holmes My worry is that these young, talented scientists have squandered a huge opportunity to do great science and help understand the pandemic and instead do silly ephemeral shite like this.
2020-08-14 15:50 Edward C. Holmes open

@Eddie Holmes Completely agree. They are being dragged along by Trevor's ego.
2020-08-14 15:57 Kristian G. Andersen open

@Eddie Holmes Andrew, you trained them, so we blame you... :smiling_imp:
2020-08-14 16:01 Kristian G. Andersen open

@Eddie Holmes Mostly, I'm just a little confused - because these are big and important questions so we all know that we need to be really careful what we say (especially because of a few prior misfires). And some of these mistakes are really simple - as in, I can spot them and I'm still in elementary school when it comes to these types ofquestions (hence I collaborate with people who graduated already - just so I don't cock up too much).

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