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Date
2020-11-28 13:53 (hour precision)
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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Mad shit.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 2020-11-28 13:53 Edward C. Holmes open
    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.
  4. 2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open
    They certainly seem to be offering it to the WHO's 'origins investigation committee'.
  5. 2020-11-28 13:53 Edward C. Holmes
    Mad shit.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 2020-11-28 13:53 Andrew Rambaut open
    Yes - I saw the Guardian article. It is good that they make it clear that this is a political angle and doesn't come from the science.
  9. 2020-11-28 13:53 Robert F. Garry open
    Agree - The whole notion of precirculation is of course something we offered up in PO1 - who knew that would be subverted to Italy and India [or maybe other countries beginning in I]. Perhaps another paragraph or two for PO2?

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