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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.264-265 [SLACK_000478] · slack_pm:msg:02768

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Date
2020-11-18 21:43
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Proximal Origin paperVaccines

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Yup, I read this one when we wrote our paper - it's good. And yes, likely vaccine work, although I'd argue that that's just one type of 'escape'. Never fully proven though, so given all the weirdness we see with Ebola, who knows.

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  1. 2020-11-18 20:58 Edward C. Holmes open
    Plus, that Nature Addendum makes all the miners story totally out-of-date.
  2. 2020-11-18 21:20 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, 1977 is definitely an escape - and likely linked to vaccine work. I thought in Russia though.
  3. 2020-11-18 21:35 Edward C. Holmes open
    This is what I was thinking of: [shared file(s): mBio-2015-Rozo-e01013-15.full.pdf]
  4. 2020-11-18 21:36 Edward C. Holmes open
    Suggests is a dodgy vaccine trial NOT an escape.
  5. 2020-11-18 21:43 Kristian G. Andersen
    Yup, I read this one when we wrote our paper - it's good. And yes, likely vaccine work, although I'd argue that that's just one type of 'escape'. Never fully proven though, so given all the weirdness we see with Ebola, who knows.
  6. 2020-11-18 21:46 Edward C. Holmes open
    Who knows indeed. Good, reasoned argument though.

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