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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.407 [SLACK_000621] · slack_pm:msg:04204

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Date
2021-01-15 18:05
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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That so called "Fact Sheet" seems completely bogus to me - there's no _actual_ information in there other than they did lab work... No specific allegations, no specific data - pure bs.

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  1. 2021-01-15 17:31 Edward C. Holmes open
    Reading it carefully, I see a rather vague set of accusations with no smoking gun. The idea that the WIV were working on pangolins seems totally bizarre. "With symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses"? Could mean anything. The timing speaks volumes from me...passing shot from Pompeo?
  2. 2021-01-15 17:44 Robert F. Garry open
    Bannon, Pompeo, etc laying the groundwork for the next push.
  3. 2021-01-15 17:44 Edward C. Holmes open
    I agree. The statement about pangolins is ridiculous...and then they throw in the military links....
  4. 2021-01-15 18:01 Edward C. Holmes open
    From my NYT journo friend "Pompeo is getting ready to join the presidential race in four years, so he's laying all kinds of markers and booby traps to show he's tough on China."
  5. 2021-01-15 18:05 Kristian G. Andersen
    That so called "Fact Sheet" seems completely bogus to me - there's no _actual_ information in there other than they did lab work... No specific allegations, no specific data - pure bs.
  6. 2021-01-15 18:08 Edward C. Holmes open
    Yup, pure BS. On the subject of BS...why are GISAID claiming that they released the sequence on the 10th?? Their data were uploaded on the 12th.
  7. 2021-01-15 18:17 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, I was really confused about that too - I talked to Peter on the phone and he mentioned it. I don't remember that at all, but then again, I wouldn't have checked GISAID on that day. I'm sure it's pure BS - everybody got that fucking sequencing from Virological and your post! I mean, that post has more views than our Proximal Origin post....
  8. 2021-01-15 18:21 Edward C. Holmes open
    Plus, WHO say it was the 12th. I remember the chain of events well. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-01-01 at 12.00.41 pm.png]
  9. 2021-01-15 18:27 Edward C. Holmes open
    Better evidence is this: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-01-16 at 1.26.54 pm.png]

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