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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.539 [SLACK_000753] · slack_pm:msg:05616

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Date
2021-02-22 08:45
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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Yeah, San Diego... I was asked to be on that program too - but declined.

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  1. 2021-02-22 07:39 Robert F. Garry open
    ON it!
  2. 2021-02-22 07:56 Robert F. Garry open
    :gorilla: [shared file(s): image.png]
  3. 2021-02-22 07:57 Robert F. Garry open
    Don't miss it!
  4. 2021-02-22 07:57 Robert F. Garry open
    But wasn't that zoo in San Diego?
  5. 2021-02-22 08:45 Kristian G. Andersen
    Yeah, San Diego... I was asked to be on that program too - but declined.
  6. 2021-02-22 08:47 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Devi is :100: though, so I'm sure she didn't exactly intend to stir the pot of conspiracy... No doubt large-scale factoryfarming is risky from a natural emergence perspective though - but calling them "bioweapon factories" is just dumb.
  7. 2021-02-22 08:48 Andrew Rambaut open
    You can't have a 'natural' bioweapon - by definition
  8. 2021-02-22 08:51 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Hah, good point.
  9. 2021-02-22 08:51 Andrew Rambaut open
    Also I don't think that a human virus getting into mink is a particularly risky think other than potentially exposing more people or creating a reservoir. It isn't going to get more human adapted.

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