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Date
2021-04-03 08:34
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Lab-leak / accidental release hypothesisMedia strategy and public messaging

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Had to go back and check but my CNN interview with Maggie Fox preceded this interview: https://www.hudson.org/research/16790-covid-likely-came-from-wuhan-lab Yes - Asher really did say without a touch of irony at the end: The "Chinese are creating superhuman warriors..." A real world twist on Marvel's Captain America, if I had to guess. Asher is the guy who advised Pompeo on "origins." Asher is also the ultimate source for the two lab leak "experts" Metzl [sci-fi genetics author, so a real expert] and Pottinger [member of Trump's NSC- interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Pottinger] featured uncriticallyhere: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-wuhan-origins-60-minutes-2021-03-28/I suppose it would be amusing if not for all the misinformation that still seems to be driving US policy at the moment.

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Asher is the guy who advised Pompeo on "origins." Asher is also the ultimate source for the two lab leak "experts" Metzl [sci-fi genetics author, so a real expert] and Pottinger [member of Trump's NSC- interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Pottinger] featured uncriticallyhere: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-wuhan-origins-60-minutes-2021-03-28/I suppose it would be amusing if not for all the misinformation that still seems to be driving US policy at the moment. quoted / not their view quoted_external sentence carries quotation marks asserts

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  1. 2021-04-03 08:34 Robert F. Garry
    Had to go back and check but my CNN interview with Maggie Fox preceded this interview: https://www.hudson.org/research/16790-covid-likely-came-from-wuhan-lab Yes - Asher really did say without a touch of irony at the end: The "Chinese are creating superhuman warriors..." A real world twist on Marvel's Captain America, if I had to guess. Asher is the guy who advised Pompeo on "origins." Asher is also the ultimate source for the two lab leak "experts" Metzl [sci-fi genetics author, so a real expert] and Pottinger [member of Trump's NSC- interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Pottinger] featured uncriticallyhere: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-wuhan-origins-60-minutes-2021-03-28/I suppose it would be amusing if not for all the misinformation that still seems to be driving US policy at the moment.
  2. 2021-04-03 09:12 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Also [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-04-03 at 9.06.21 AM.png]
  3. 2021-04-03 09:17 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Just went in and reported these tweets - unbelievable that 60 Minutes gave this guy a platform. Bob, maybe worth sharing this with your 60 Minutes contact since this was _exactly_ what you warned about?
  4. 2021-04-03 09:30 Robert F. Garry open
    Agree - will do.

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