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1. 2021-03-31 12:32 Edward C. Holmes open
   Pompeo's tweet is extraordinary
2. 2021-03-31 12:50 Robert F. Garry open
   Here's a report that is very pertinent to the Pompeo tweet. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/who-report-says-covid-originated-in-bats-but-critics-claim-the-study-was-biased Daszak does a very good job here IMO. Mile's Yu also inthe report was Pompeo's main point man on China - deep seated familial hatred of CCP/China. I suspect that Alina's family has similar stores to tell.
3. 2021-03-31 12:57 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Relman really is an idiot - I actually thought he was a good, solid scientist. Apparently not - doesn't understand "data" and "false equivalences". I guess he isn't alone. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-31 at 12.56.43.png]
4. 2021-03-31 12:59 Robert F. Garry open
   Agreed - Another one who didn't read/understand the report.
5. 2021-03-31 13:00 Edward C. Holmes
   The evidence is pretty well laid out in Annex D
6. 2021-03-31 13:01 Robert F. Garry open
   If you go to the end PBS actually does some real reporting - they quote 3 current White House staff to the effect that the Pompeo DoS "fact sheet" was cherry-picked out of a cacophony of noise.
7. 2021-03-31 13:02 Edward C. Holmes open
   One think we predict though was that having Daszak on has back-fired badly. What were they thinking?
8. 2021-03-31 13:18 Edward C. Holmes open
   All we can do is ignore all this noise and just try to focus on the science.
9. 2021-03-31 13:19 Kristian G. Andersen open
   The noise is like a roaring highway though - and driven by some very high profile scientists. It's sad, really.

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