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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.463 [SLACK_000677] · slack_pm:msg:04808

Date: 2021-01-29 16:24
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Biosafety and biosecurity

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The 60 Minutes producer was impressed that I was willing to call conspiracy theories --- well -- conspiracy theories. Apparently they are off to interview and in studio PANEL:• Jason Yat Sen Li• Prof Mary-Louise McLaws - UNSW and advisor to the WHO• Prof Bates Gill - Professor with the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University• Professor Raina MacIntyre - Global Biosecurity and head of biosecurity program at Kirby Institute• Professor Nikolai Petrovsky - Medicine Flinders University

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Apparently they are off to interview and in studio PANEL:• Jason Yat Sen Li• Prof Mary-Louise McLaws - UNSW and advisor to the WHO• Prof Bates Gill - Professor with the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University• Professor Raina MacIntyre - Global Biosecurity and head of biosecurity program at Kirby Institute• Professor Nikolai Petrovsky - Medicine Flinders University	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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Apparently they are off to interview and in studio PANEL:• Jason Yat Sen Li• Prof Mary-Louise McLaws - UNSW and advisor to the WHO• Prof Bates Gill - Professor with the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University• Professor Raina MacIntyre - Global Biosecurity and head of biosecurity program at Kirby Institute• Professor Nikolai Petrovsky - Medicine Flinders University

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2021-01-29 16:19 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Alina and others believe that there is a worldwide conspiracy to flood GSAID and GenBank with fabricated sequences. In addition to "scientist" turned detective I guess we need to add enforcer of database integrity.
2021-01-29 16:22 Edward C. Holmes open

This actually evil.
2021-01-29 16:23 Edward C. Holmes open

Also smells of desperation
2021-01-29 16:24 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Agreed!
2021-01-29 16:24 Robert F. Garry

The 60 Minutes producer was impressed that I was willing to call conspiracy theories --- well -- conspiracy theories. Apparently they are off to interview and in studio PANEL:• Jason Yat Sen Li• Prof Mary-Louise McLaws - UNSW and advisor to the WHO• Prof Bates Gill - Professor with the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University• Professor Raina MacIntyre - Global Biosecurity and head of biosecurity program at Kirby Institute• Professor Nikolai Petrovsky - Medicine Flinders University
2021-01-29 16:26 Robert F. Garry open

Nikolai Petrovsky I gather believes like Alina that SC2 is just too good at infecting humans and therefore was adapted in the lab.
2021-01-29 16:28 Edward C. Holmes open

Oh god...Bates is good (that is his real name)
2021-01-29 16:30 Robert F. Garry open

Re Nikolai: I told him that SC2 was good at infecting a lot of animals: cats dogs, lions tigers, gorillas, mink and ferrets. Also that SC2 is still clearly adapting and getting better at infecting and being transmitted by humans.
2021-01-29 16:30 Edward C. Holmes open

Petrovsky is an idiot - mainly wants to hype his vaccine

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