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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.508 [SLACK_000722] · slack_pm:msg:05307

Date: 2021-02-11 07:00
Type: chat message · slack
mentioned: Edward C. Holmes
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Wuhan Institute of Virology collaboration

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@Eddie Holmes Hoping to see the argument fleshed out that there is no evidence that WIV had and was working on SC2 or a 99%+ CoV before the outbreak. Logically there no reason that they would have not revealed this, and instead released the 96% CoV RaTG13.

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@Eddie Holmes Hoping to see the argument fleshed out that there is no evidence that WIV had and was working on SC2 or a 99%+ CoV before the outbreak.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	denies

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@Eddie Holmes Hoping to see the argument fleshed out that there is no evidence that WIV had and was working on SC2 or a 99%+ CoV before the outbreak.

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denies

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2021-02-11 06:35 Robert F. Garry open

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYh8dkuNi_tAVxw5CdYJRN-KRdkb5EvmrQwNEXDM7mM/edit New doc/new invites - maybe some luck...
2021-02-11 06:46 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Would be good - he'd doing a fine job under difficult circumstances. Daszak seems to like to stir thepot....mixing in too much Ego *hey he says - I'll talk to Biden set him straight).
2021-02-11 06:50 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Agree with DD that it would have been good to have more epi data about early cases. Seems like an opportunity lost - but I sorta get it. If they came out and said no epi links of early cases to WIV, then the conspiracy theorists will just cry cover-up. And, any case within 100 km of WIV is going to be taken as conclusive evidence for the leak in the literal sense.
2021-02-11 07:00 Robert F. Garry

@Eddie Holmes Hoping to see the argument fleshed out that there is no evidence that WIV had and was working on SC2 or a 99%+ CoV before the outbreak. Logically there no reason that they would have not revealed this, and instead released the 96% CoV RaTG13.
2021-02-11 07:03 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Also - and we can prompt this on Virological (if Bob can figure out proper invites on Google docs) that the new Cambo, Thai and Japan viruses totally obliterate the DRASTIC/Alina nonsense that RaTG13, RmYN)2 and the pango viruses are contrived.
2021-02-11 07:48 Robert F. Garry open

Here are the permissions on the new doc.... [shared file(s): image.png]
2021-02-11 08:16 Kristian G. Andersen open

Thanks Bob - hopefully I can find some time to take a look next week as well.
2021-02-11 08:49 Robert F. Garry open

Worth reading :https://www.wsj.com/articles/possible-early-covid-19-cases-in-china-emerge-during-who-mission-11 612996225?mod=hp_lead_pos2

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