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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.179 [SLACK_000393] · slack_pm:msg:01849

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Date
2020-09-17 15:03
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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I can guarantee you that mice played no role in this - the virus can't infect rodents.... Cats? Weeeeeelllll

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  1. 2020-09-17 14:38 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, I totally agree Tommy's paper is very clear on this - the issue is that the other paper definitely isn't. But that doesn't take away the fact that Tommy's study is clean. Typical conspiracy way of dealing with inconvenient data.
  2. 2020-09-17 14:39 Edward C. Holmes open
    Agreed. So fucking annoying.
  3. 2020-09-17 14:39 Kristian G. Andersen open
    The collective insanity is starting to get to me...
  4. 2020-09-17 14:44 Edward C. Holmes open
    I hear you. Just as long as the journal editors keep sane. On that subject the following..."Are mouse and cat the missing link in the COVID-19 outbreaks in seafood markets?"...has just come up on bioRxiv. No real data ofcourse...
  5. 2020-09-17 15:03 Kristian G. Andersen
    I can guarantee you that mice played no role in this - the virus can't infect rodents.... Cats? Weeeeeelllll
  6. 2020-09-17 15:07 Edward C. Holmes open
    Cats are indeed evil.
  7. 2020-09-17 15:13 Robert F. Garry open
    Excellent gentlemen - The Inspector really should just do a complete mea culpa and get on with her career.
  8. 2020-09-17 15:21 Robert F. Garry open
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1817796#
  9. 2020-09-17 15:23 Robert F. Garry open
    *A serological survey of SARS-CoV-2 in cat in Wuhan*

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