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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.651-652 · slack_pm:msg:06820

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Date
2021-03-29 11:34 (hour precision)
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
China relations and data accessWuhan Institute of Virology collaborationWHO and international investigation

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Ignoring Jamie for now, how can 60 Minutes let stuff like this go on air? No fact checking whatsoever? _Matt Pottinger: There was a direct order from Beijing to destroy all viral samples -- and they didn't volunteer toshare the genetic sequences._ _Matt Pottinger: There is a body of research that's been taking place conducted by the Chinese military incollaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has not been acknowledged by the Chinese government. We've seen the data. I've personally seen the data._ _Matt Pottinger: We don't know. It is a major lead that needs to be pursued by the press, certainly by the World Health Organization. Beijing is simply not interested in allowing us to find the answers to those very pertinentquestions._

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No fact checking whatsoever? _Matt Pottinger: There was a direct order from Beijing to destroy all viral samples -- and they didn't volunteer toshare the genetic sequences._ _Matt Pottinger: There is a body of research that's been taking place conducted by the Chinese military incollaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has not been acknowledged by the Chinese government. needs context speaker_own questions
Beijing is simply not interested in allowing us to find the answers to those very pertinentquestions._ own voice, substantive speaker_own asserts

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  1. 2021-03-29 11:34 Robert F. Garry open
    Here's the 60 Minutes transcript. https:/(www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-wuhan-origins-60-minutes-2021-03-28/I'm pretty sure they disallowed Daszak from calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy theory.
  2. 2021-03-29 11:34 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Such shit and biased reporting by 60 Minutes - I was not happy after watching. And I did right after the CNN documentary - which was exceptionally poor too (e.g., not a_single_ challenge from Gupta on what e.g., Brix or Redfield were saying - even Fauci was disingenuous multiple times).
  3. 2021-03-29 11:34 Andrew Rambaut open
    @kristian Andersen It was someone called Mustafa Ababneh, Associate Professor of Veterinary Virology, Jordan University of Science and Technology. I am not collaborating with them, they were just suggesting a lineage.
  4. 2021-03-29 11:34 Andrew Rambaut open
    @kristian Andersen We have that variant in the UK too.
  5. 2021-03-29 11:34 Kristian G. Andersen
    Ignoring Jamie for now, how can 60 Minutes let stuff like this go on air? No fact checking whatsoever? _Matt Pottinger: There was a direct order from Beijing to destroy all viral samples -- and they didn't volunteer toshare the genetic sequences._ _Matt Pottinger: There is a body of research that's been taking place conducted by the Chinese military incollaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has not been acknowledged by the Chinese government. We've seen the data. I've personally seen the data._ _Matt Pottinger: We don't know. It is a major lead that needs to be pursued by the press, certainly by the World Health Organization. Beijing is simply not interested in allowing us to find the answers to those very pertinentquestions._

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