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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.568 [SLACK_000782] · slack_pm:msg:05929

Date: 2021-03-05 07:23
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Biosafety and biosecurity

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Important to point out that what these people, including Alina, want to do is to SHUTDOWN virology research - stop looking for new viruses and close down all the BSL-3/4 labs. THe so-call Paris group OPEN LETTER Doesn't come out and say that but it is clearly the agenda.

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Important to point out that what these people, including Alina, want to do is to SHUTDOWN virology research - stop looking for new viruses and close down all the BSL-3/4 labs.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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Important to point out that what these people, including Alina, want to do is to SHUTDOWN virology research - stop looking for new viruses and close down all the BSL-3/4 labs.

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2021-03-05 07:04 Kristian G. Andersen open

He's dumber than I thought.
2021-03-05 07:18 Robert F. Garry open

Quite a bit dumber.
2021-03-05 07:21 Robert F. Garry open

And same goes for Ebright.
2021-03-05 07:23 Robert F. Garry

Important to point out that what these people, including Alina, want to do is to SHUTDOWN virology research - stop looking for new viruses and close down all the BSL-3/4 labs. THe so-call Paris group OPEN LETTER Doesn't come out and say that but it is clearly the agenda.
2021-03-05 07:27 Kristian G. Andersen open

One might think that'd make us less prepared for the next pandemic, but hey, what do I know.
2021-03-05 07:33 Robert F. Garry open

To Alina's "point" above. CDC- While rabies is rare in people in the United States, with only 1 to 3 cases reportedannually, about 55,000 Americans get post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) each year to prevent rabies infection after being bitten or scratched by an infected or suspected infected animal. WHO: Rabies is estimated to cause 59 000human deaths annually in over 150 countries, with 95% of cases occurring in Africa and Asia. Due to widespreadunderreporting and uncertain estimates, it is likely that this number is a gross underestimate of the true burden ofdisease. These are real non-lab exposures of humans to a deadly virus. The rabies numbers are staggering andvastly greater than the numbers of Lab personnel Bat exposures. Yet Alina would shut down BSL-4 and field workon all viruses in nature. Dangerous and dumb.

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