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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.616 [SLACK_000830] · slack_pm:msg:06441

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Date
2021-03-22 13:06
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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And in sArs! Spooky.

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  1. 2021-03-22 12:41 Kristian G. Andersen open
    shared file(s): Re: Fact-checking 22 Feb. New York Post article claiming the coronavirus leaked from a lab
  2. 2021-03-22 12:45 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Had some back and forth with Marc on this early least year :point_up_2:. Civil - but a lot of the stuff he discussed about the WIV research was naive (e.g., not realizing that pseudotyped viruses don't constitute a risk, not knowing many of these viruses are replication incompetent, etc.). Too much naiveté going on (from many, many scientists), which is really pissing me off. It's starting to look like Iraq WMD, but this time driven, not by generals (they already concluded it didn't come from the lab), but political pundits and scientists. Troubling - at least the latter category should know better. I mean -Jesse Bloom just tweeted an article about covert bioweapons programs!!! And look at the people who chime in inagreement - it's shocking.
  3. 2021-03-22 12:59 Edward C. Holmes open
    Yes, the Chinese military gets an academic institution in Wuhan which has a load of international experts advise onthe construction of a BSL4 lab construct a bioweapon on a random bat coronavirus and let them publish on related viruses. That's definitely what happened.
  4. 2021-03-22 13:03 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yes, definitely, and also, there's an A in both Wuh*a*n and L*a*b - I mean, what ARE the odds?? Lab leak = only logical conclusion based on available evidence.
  5. 2021-03-22 13:06 Edward C. Holmes
    And in sArs! Spooky.
  6. 2021-03-22 13:08 Kristian G. Andersen open
    SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  7. 2021-03-22 13:13 Edward C. Holmes open
    Secret And Risky Science - CoVert
  8. 2021-03-22 13:14 Robert F. Garry open
    That pretty much nails it Eddie!
  9. 2021-03-22 13:17 Edward C. Holmes open
    Weaponising Infectious Viruses

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