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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.624 [SLACK_000838] · slack_pm:msg:06530

Date: 2021-03-23 18:00
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes

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He hasn't replied yet to my question about whether the viral load stuff at various markets sites will be in but I assumeit must be otherwise it will be a waste of time. Sounds like this is all due to pushback from China which is why it isgoing into his Lancet report.

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2021-03-23 17:56 Edward C. Holmes open

I have news...from Peter Daszak:
2021-03-23 17:57 Edward C. Holmes open

https://twitter.com/klustout/status/1219078782549725184?s=20 "Don't know if I ever sent you this, but it's a link to a CNN video of the Huanan market (allegedly) taken in Dec 2019(allegedly). Report in last stages now. Your statement is in right now, the extra photos are not, but reference to your paper is there. I'm going to dig deeper into this via the Lancet COVID Commission. Confidentially, the fact that China side has fought tooth and nail to remove as much of this stuff about live mammals at Huanan as possible, tells methey know this is the likely pathway. V. interesting tales for a glass when meetings start again...."
2021-03-23 17:58 Edward C. Holmes open

"No [the tiling stuff] - all that's out, but I'm going to pull it into the Lancet Covid Commission taskforce I'm running. We'll be following up on some of the WHO leads from the report, including on the live animals in the market issue. We're setting up interviews with key people - would you be willing to be one of them - anonymous or on the record. All good. Report will likely be public Friday or Saturday. 8 hour negotiation with China today on language and details. Brutal -scheduled for a 1 hour meeting, starting at 5am my time... the tile patterning will go into Lancet Covid Commission work (report due near end of year). Also spoke to my FBI buddies and will get videos date stamped and geocoding checked etc. might do some stuff with tile measurementsas well. It's almost as fun as actual science!"
2021-03-23 18:00 Edward C. Holmes

He hasn't replied yet to my question about whether the viral load stuff at various markets sites will be in but I assumeit must be otherwise it will be a waste of time. Sounds like this is all due to pushback from China which is why it isgoing into his Lancet report.
2021-03-23 18:18 Kristian G. Andersen open

Interesting - and definitely a lot of raccoon dogs in that video - civet cats at the market too? I really, really, really hope the viral load stuff will be in there - it's so critical!
2021-03-23 18:21 Edward C. Holmes open

It has to be!! Surely. That's the key evidence.
2021-03-23 18:59 Robert F. Garry open

Any idea about what "tile patterning" means?
2021-03-23 19:02 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, what's that about

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