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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.171 [SLACK_000385] · slack_pm:msg:01762

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Date
2020-09-15 17:53
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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More than dumb: dishonest.

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  1. 2020-09-15 17:50 Kristian G. Andersen open
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 2020-09-15 17:53 Edward C. Holmes open
    You might mention what a monumental waste of everyone's time this is.
  4. 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).
  5. 2020-09-15 17:53 Edward C. Holmes
    More than dumb: dishonest.
  6. 2020-09-15 17:56 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I wonder what Bannon promised her (and honestly - I'm a little surprised by how extremely obvious the connection ishere - it took me a five second google search to figure it out... At least hide that part somewhat)
  7. 2020-09-15 17:58 Edward C. Holmes open
    It has played into our hands beautifully
  8. 2020-09-15 18:06 Edward C. Holmes open
    Amusing that Inspector Clouseau still finds time to moan about the Proximal Origins paper even though it seems wewere right all along?
  9. 2020-09-15 18:26 Edward C. Holmes open
    Enjoyed the thread.

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