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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.581 [SLACK_000795] · slack_pm:msg:06071

Date: 2021-03-09 19:23
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recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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But, I think they'll be other opportunities to set the record straight - plus the fact that there are closer viruses out there in nature. Just a question of whether Alina et al. can shut down the work before they are found.

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2021-03-09 19:16 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, really good point. Rob Knight has been doing a ton of surface sampling from hospital rooms, rooms with confirmed infections, etc. - teeny tiny amounts of RNA can be found. It's there - but not a lot. Finding a lot of virus RNA on grates would suggest active shedding - probably fecal.
2021-03-09 19:17 Robert F. Garry open

WashPost spinning here. i'm guessing [hoping] White house are smart enough to figure this out - maybe with a little help from Kristian... [shared file(s): Opinion I The Biden administration conf...Wuhan lab claims - The Washington Post.pdf]
2021-03-09 19:18 Kristian G. Andersen open

Nope - I don't believe the current administration is going to be better on this particular point. Was very disappointed talking to Biden's office - they had already bought into the lab claims.
2021-03-09 19:19 Robert F. Garry open

Maybe that explains Lander not doing anything with Alina. Sad.
2021-03-09 19:23 Robert F. Garry

But, I think they'll be other opportunities to set the record straight - plus the fact that there are closer viruses out there in nature. Just a question of whether Alina et al. can shut down the work before they are found.
2021-03-09 19:24 Kristian G. Andersen open

Oh, Josh Rogin.... It's amazing you can actually write a full article but without saying anything at all - pure wordsoup.
2021-03-09 19:35 Edward C. Holmes open

So, the White House no nothing which means there is no security agency information on the lab escape. End of story.
2021-03-09 19:35 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup - simple as that.
2021-03-09 19:36 Kristian G. Andersen open

One year in and not a single lead suggestion any connection to the lab - which is actually quite remarkable in the sense that they could cook _anything_ up to make it at least _appear_ to be related to lab escape. But they don't even have that.

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