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It may not be government sponsored, but the government will be delighted and I assume it's all over their state media. I'll see what has to say.

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2020-11-28 13:53 Edward C. Holmes open

This is a corker: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3724275
2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open

Utter shit. I like how the top journals have preprint services now so you can see where the authors have submittedto.
2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open

Based on the call I had with WHO (and I believe this preprint was part of what instigated that) I had started to get together some data to do a rebuttal. But this is way worse than I imagined. It is just waffle.
2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open

Will be interest to see how hard this is pushed into the media - i.e. is it government sponsored.
2020-11-28 13:53 Edward C. Holmes

It may not be government sponsored, but the government will be delighted and I assume it's all over their state media. I'll see what has to say.
2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open

They certainly seem to be offering it to the WHO's 'origins investigation committee'.
2020-11-28 13:53 Edward C. Holmes open

Mad shit.
2020-11-28 13:53 Robert F. Garry open

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/a-year-after-wuhan-alarm-china-seeks-to-change-covid-origin-stor y?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2020-11-28 13:53 Robert F. Garry open

Guardian article is OK Andrew's right: "Will be interest to see how hard this is pushed into the media - i.e. is itgovernment sponsored." It willalso be interesting to see how Trump supported media (Fox, Newsmax, OAN) handle this.