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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.618 [SLACK_000832] · slack_pm:msg:06463

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Date
2021-03-22 19:04
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Natural origin / zoonotic spilloverLab-leak / accidental release hypothesis

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I gotta say - if the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 really _did_ require a bat and a pangolin mating, then I would be firmly in the lab leak camp too... So much idiocy.

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  1. 2021-03-22 18:24 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Pretty illuminating on how some of this bs came about. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1374167352904884226?s=20. I'm *shocked* somebody like Jesse would tweet this - I mean_, just_ this weekend Eddie, Andrew, and myself reminded him to please check the actual sources and data. And now this. And it's not just Jesse...
  2. 2021-03-22 18:51 Robert F. Garry open
    Asher is a buffoon - he's literally talking about pangolins and bats *mating*.
  3. 2021-03-22 19:00 Edward C. Holmes open
    Just extraordinary
  4. 2021-03-22 19:04 Kristian G. Andersen
    I gotta say - if the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 really _did_ require a bat and a pangolin mating, then I would be firmly in the lab leak camp too... So much idiocy.
  5. 2021-03-22 19:05 Edward C. Holmes open
    But their skins are so thick!

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