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Date
2021-02-10 09:56
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Lab-leak / accidental release hypothesisIntelligence community assessments

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Jesse, jesse jesse...Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was "surprised to see some members of the team dismiss the accidental lab leak theory while seeming to suggest, without any specific evidence, the possibility that frozen food might have played a role." "I remain agnostic about the origins of SARS-CoV-2," said Bloom, referring to the official name of the virus. "But it's important to have a careful independent accounting of the research into SARS-related coronaviruses that was being done in labs in Wuhan before the emergence of this pandemic, and it doesn't appear that this team accomplishedthat," Bloom said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-china-who-wuhan-pandemic/2[...]021/02/10/f1751148-6b41-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html WashPost - the new Fair and Balanced,,,

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Jesse, jesse jesse...Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was "surprised to see some members of the team dismiss the accidental lab leak theory while seeming to suggest, without any specific evidence, the possibility that frozen food might have played a role." "I remain agnostic about the origins of SARS-CoV-2," said Bloom, referring to the official name of the virus. quoted / not their view quoted_external sentence carries quotation marks denies

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  1. 2021-02-10 09:56 Robert F. Garry
    Jesse, jesse jesse...Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was "surprised to see some members of the team dismiss the accidental lab leak theory while seeming to suggest, without any specific evidence, the possibility that frozen food might have played a role." "I remain agnostic about the origins of SARS-CoV-2," said Bloom, referring to the official name of the virus. "But it's important to have a careful independent accounting of the research into SARS-related coronaviruses that was being done in labs in Wuhan before the emergence of this pandemic, and it doesn't appear that this team accomplishedthat," Bloom said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-china-who-wuhan-pandemic/2[...]021/02/10/f1751148-6b41-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html WashPost - the new Fair and Balanced,,,

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