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Date
2021-02-06 17:08
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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The last thing we need is Brazilians to become dominant.

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  1. 2021-02-06 14:49 Robert F. Garry open
    BTW that tree above suggests to me that the presence of a FCS Is a pretty normal thing for a betacoronaviruses. 4of 5 subgeneses have them. The only one that doesn't [yet] probably under sampled.
  2. 2021-02-06 15:02 Edward C. Holmes open
    My guess is that the WHO will either rule out lab escape completely or make vague statements that more data are required. I suspect this will send Alina et al. into fits of rage rather than victory labs. If they do rule it out completely the key thing will be if they make clear statements about why they are excluding it
  3. 2021-02-06 15:53 Robert F. Garry open
    Yeah - I totally agree I meant they would *still* be taking victory labs after the recent op eds in the Telegraph, WashPost, Fox spews etc. It's what they are doing at the moment, but they'll get fresh life for their virology cosplayno matter what WHO team does. I'm not particularly hopeful for clear statements. The little short-lived victories ofAlina and DRASTIC in the court of public opinion will eventually be crushed when the actual natural progenitor ofSC2 is inevitably discovered. They can then go back to their soft core megaporn, erotic writing, freezing puppyheads, etc.
  4. 2021-02-06 16:11 Edward C. Holmes open
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  5. 2021-02-06 17:08 Edward C. Holmes
    The last thing we need is Brazilians to become dominant.
  6. 2021-02-06 17:10 Edward C. Holmes open
    Re: Broad. Is Alina paid via a research grant? She can't be doing any actual science. Is tax payers money funding her campaign?
  7. 2021-02-06 17:41 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Well, you can give her money here. https://giving.broadinstitute.org/alina-chan
  8. 2021-02-06 17:43 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I assume federal funding, since that's how most people are paid - e.g., my entire lab. She's with Ben Deverman -https://vector.engineering/team/
  9. 2021-02-06 17:47 Edward C. Holmes open
    So, she's doing all this on federal funded time. There's so much it's not after hours work.

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