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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.171 [SLACK_000385] · slack_pm:msg:01758

Date: 2020-09-15 17:50
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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I'm getting so many fucking questions about this shit - from journalists, colleagues, etc. I'm going to do a short Twitter thread on the main scientific claims and turn off comments - then that'll be all I have to say on the matter, book closed.

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2020-09-15 17:38 Kristian G. Andersen open

Hah. https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1305959113537581059?s=20
2020-09-15 17:48 Edward C. Holmes open

Well, well, well. Has Inspector Clouseau seen the light?
2020-09-15 17:49 Kristian G. Andersen open

I doubt it - but she's likely seeing some of her mistakes...
2020-09-15 17:50 Kristian G. Andersen

I'm getting so many fucking questions about this shit - from journalists, colleagues, etc. I'm going to do a short Twitter thread on the main scientific claims and turn off comments - then that'll be all I have to say on the matter, book closed.
2020-09-15 17:52 Edward C. Holmes open

Seems wise. You could mention that the Wu et al. Nature paper was submitted before anyone had heard about RaTG13 so it could never have been included in that study anyway.
2020-09-15 17:53 Edward C. Holmes open

You might mention what a monumental waste of everyone's time this is.
2020-09-15 17:53 Kristian G. Andersen open

I'm not even going to go there - I have no concerns about the bat or pangolin data so simply ignoring all of that is just dumb (well, that data invalidates their findings, so of course, I get it).
2020-09-15 17:53 Edward C. Holmes open

More than dumb: dishonest.

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