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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.602 [SLACK_000816] · slack_pm:msg:06296

Date: 2021-03-17 17:52
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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Relman is an idiot. Pure and simple. I also learned that Rasmus Nielsen is apparently a coronavirus expert - which is peculiar, given that he doesn't actually work on viruses at all. But hey, aren't we all experts by now? Yeeeeeees.

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2021-03-17 17:52 Kristian G. Andersen

Relman is an idiot. Pure and simple. I also learned that Rasmus Nielsen is apparently a coronavirus expert - which is peculiar, given that he doesn't actually work on viruses at all. But hey, aren't we all experts by now? Yeeeeeees.
2021-03-17 18:00 Edward C. Holmes open

Kristian is referring to this: https://undark.org/2021/03/17/lab-leak-science-lost-in-politics/
2021-03-17 18:00 Edward C. Holmes open

Clearly Petrovsky just wants to hype his vaccine.
2021-03-17 18:02 Edward C. Holmes open

Correction. Failed vaccine.
2021-03-17 18:04 Kristian G. Andersen open

He even managed to get a nice photo of himself holding the vaccine - I call that product placement. Then again, the poor guy isn't receiving those fat CCP checks we are, so can't really blame him.

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