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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.579 [SLACK_000793] · slack_pm:msg:06051

Date: 2021-03-09 13:04
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recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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She also likes the attention and pushing the "big" people's buttons. She's also very certain of her own abilities evenin areas she has shown to me that she has no aptitude for. Not a real good combination.

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2021-03-09 12:23 Edward C. Holmes open

Absolutely in no way a conspiracy theorist whatsoever: [shared file(s): Board of Crazies.png, Screen Shot 2020-10-22 at 7.33.29 am.png]
2021-03-09 12:25 Kristian G. Andersen open

Really is the perfect example of somebody who's deep deep into conspiracy. The time it must have taken to create that figure... My god.
2021-03-09 13:04 Robert F. Garry

She also likes the attention and pushing the "big" people's buttons. She's also very certain of her own abilities evenin areas she has shown to me that she has no aptitude for. Not a real good combination.
2021-03-09 13:16 Robert F. Garry open

Not a perfectly done alignment , but still you can see that RpYN06 spike is VERY close to GD pango spike and very different from RnYN02 spike until you get to the RBD. The RpYN06 RBD is VERY close to RNYN02 spike and very different from GD pango spike After the RBD the three viruses are similar, until you get to the S1/S2 junction where they all differ. [shared file(s): image.png]
2021-03-09 13:18 Robert F. Garry open

Alina is dead wrong about GD pango CoV - scientists like Tommy and Eddie and Nature are not involved in some grand conspiracy to pusht a fake virus.
2021-03-09 13:20 Robert F. Garry open

As for Alina's accusation that by obscuring SC2 origins said scientists are playing a hand in the deaths of millions,my suggestion - go look in the mirror.
2021-03-09 13:46 Andrew Rambaut open

It is interesting how little people understand the motivations of scientists - we saw this before with the HIV origins thing - the assumption that we all collude to protect the establishment and/or pharma. The reality is of course that ifwe found evidence of lab origins or whatever we would be straight down to Nature/Science with it. But you would think Alina would know this. Another misunderstanding I have come to realise is that many lay-people believe that research grants are actually personal income for the scientists which is why we don't want to do anything that might jeopardise it.

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