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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.557 [SLACK_000771] · slack_pm:msg:05806

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Date
2021-03-01 14:31
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Awards, honoraria and recognition

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This part is just unbelievable - "The Twitter thread became a key source of information on the new variant, and E.B.H.'s Christmas break was lost to crunching further sequences and briefing journalists". I'm glad she thinks sohighly of herself. I'm gonna give myself a prize too - I'm going to call it The Kristian Prize.

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  1. 2021-03-01 14:29 Edward C. Holmes open
    Agreed! I pulled my name off.
  2. 2021-03-01 14:29 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Holy crap. Especially love this paragraph [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-01 at 14.25.52.png]
  3. 2021-03-01 14:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "... many of them early in their careers, who cobble together software and analytical tools in their own time to findessential answers" - Andrew, I assume that's you. Sorry, buddy. :face_with_rolling_eyes:
  4. 2021-03-01 14:30 Edward C. Holmes open
    It was really insulting to so many people!!!
  5. 2021-03-01 14:31 Kristian G. Andersen
    This part is just unbelievable - "The Twitter thread became a key source of information on the new variant, and E.B.H.'s Christmas break was lost to crunching further sequences and briefing journalists". I'm glad she thinks sohighly of herself. I'm gonna give myself a prize too - I'm going to call it The Kristian Prize.
  6. 2021-03-01 14:31 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Of course - none of these people have sequenced anything....
  7. 2021-03-01 14:31 Kristian G. Andersen open
    (or shared data)
  8. 2021-03-01 14:31 Edward C. Holmes open
    The original version of the paper was fine. It then degenerated into this...I told them multiple times that the focus onEmma was completely inappropriate.
  9. 2021-03-01 14:31 Andrew Rambaut open
    And she thinks her Christmas break was ruined -

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