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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.647 [SLACK_000861] · slack_pm:msg:06781

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Date
2021-03-28 08:35
Type
chat message · slack
mentioned
Kristian G. Andersen
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Lab-leak / accidental release hypothesisChina relations and data access

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Ok -I'm game to answer this question. "Why is it ok to share videos of horrific animal trade in China - like @Kristian Andersen did with the CNN video-, but "fueling racist rhetoric" to discuss the facts that China has been engaging inso much cutting-edge research that lab leaks are a real possibility? Big difference - instances of lab leaks in the past have been known pathogens. What Alina, Metzl and the DRASTICs and Parisites are alleging has a major difference. The are alleging a conspiracy - perhaps with the Chinese military - that SC2 was being secretely workedon in the lab. This directly feeds into the overtly racist memes of the "China virus" etc. [shared file(s): image.png]

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"Why is it ok to share videos of horrific animal trade in China - like @Kristian Andersen did with the CNN video-, but "fueling racist rhetoric" to discuss the facts that China has been engaging inso much cutting-edge research that lab leaks are a real possibility? quoted / not their view quoted_external inside quotation marks questions
Big difference - instances of lab leaks in the past have been known pathogens. quoted / not their view quoted_external inside quotation marks asserts

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  1. 2021-03-28 08:35 Robert F. Garry
    Ok -I'm game to answer this question. "Why is it ok to share videos of horrific animal trade in China - like @Kristian Andersen did with the CNN video-, but "fueling racist rhetoric" to discuss the facts that China has been engaging inso much cutting-edge research that lab leaks are a real possibility? Big difference - instances of lab leaks in the past have been known pathogens. What Alina, Metzl and the DRASTICs and Parisites are alleging has a major difference. The are alleging a conspiracy - perhaps with the Chinese military - that SC2 was being secretely workedon in the lab. This directly feeds into the overtly racist memes of the "China virus" etc. [shared file(s): image.png]
  2. 2021-03-28 08:40 Kristian G. Andersen open
    It might be worth pointing out that the video was from inside the Huanan market and shows several potential reservoir hosts... It's an actual data point - not unsubstantiated speculation that lends fuel to a racist agenda.

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