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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.546 [SLACK_000760] · slack_pm:msg:05697

Date: 2021-02-24 12:02
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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Hilton of course is the one that says mix RaTG13 with GD Pango and *Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo* whatda you got: SARS-CoV-2. Maybe a simple No to Fox News and sorry you don't have time to discuss fairy tales.

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2021-02-24 11:41 Edward C. Holmes open

Jeremy Berg? He contacted me as well? I declined, but I looked him up and he seems straight and not a lab escapeadvocate.
2021-02-24 11:44 Robert F. Garry open

Not Jeremy - Betsy McKay - writes with Jeremy Page [maybe he was the one that contacted you] yeah pretty straight up reporting - not like Pompeo and Alina or the Editorial Page.
2021-02-24 11:53 Edward C. Holmes open

You have to laugh: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-02-25 at 6.53.00 am.png]
2021-02-24 12:02 Robert F. Garry

Hilton of course is the one that says mix RaTG13 with GD Pango and *Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo* whatda you got: SARS-CoV-2. Maybe a simple No to Fox News and sorry you don't have time to discuss fairy tales.
2021-02-24 12:03 Robert F. Garry open

And of course with Hilton [cue the organ music] throw in a little Tony Fauci paid for it!
2021-02-24 12:03 Edward C. Holmes open

I was thinking of a shorter, more direct response
2021-02-24 12:07 Kristian G. Andersen open

Dear Fox, I suggest Steve looks up "Gain of Function" in a dictionary as a start. I might also suggest an online cause in basic science - edX is a great start. Yours, Eddie
2021-02-24 12:07 Kristian G. Andersen open

"The material is a bit complex to most people without a scientific background..." They totally nailed that part. Hence maybe Steve should not even attempt...

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