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Date
2021-04-08 06:14
Type
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recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Intelligence community assessments

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As for the NYT Gorman BS - do you think any country is going to sign on to "a global regulatory system overseeingaggressive work with dangerous or deadly pathogens everywhere?" May be time for some virologists to speak upabout crap like this: "Whereas many virologists and disease specialists want to collect and study viruses as a way tolearn more and be more prepared for outbreaks, Mr. Metzl said he and others wanted more restrictions on virus studies."

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As for the NYT Gorman BS - do you think any country is going to sign on to "a global regulatory system overseeingaggressive work with dangerous or deadly pathogens everywhere?" May be time for some virologists to speak upabout crap like this: "Whereas many virologists and disease specialists want to collect and study viruses as a way tolearn more and be more prepared for outbreaks, Mr. quoted / not their view quoted_external sentence carries quotation marks questions

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  1. 2021-04-08 06:11 Robert F. Garry open
    Interesting stuff Eddie - focanuba - I believe this means "follow the animals," in the Kuhnian dialect.
  2. 2021-04-08 06:14 Robert F. Garry
    As for the NYT Gorman BS - do you think any country is going to sign on to "a global regulatory system overseeingaggressive work with dangerous or deadly pathogens everywhere?" May be time for some virologists to speak upabout crap like this: "Whereas many virologists and disease specialists want to collect and study viruses as a way tolearn more and be more prepared for outbreaks, Mr. Metzl said he and others wanted more restrictions on virus studies."
  3. 2021-04-08 06:15 Andrew Rambaut open
    The USA doesn't sign up to anything international at all
  4. 2021-04-08 06:43 Kristian G. Andersen open
    When they say "international" what they mean is "everyone, except us".
  5. 2021-04-08 07:34 Robert F. Garry open
    It's totally unrealistic on many levels - shame should be heaped on the NYTimes for facilitating this noxious and dangerous idiocy.
  6. 2021-04-08 07:40 Robert F. Garry open
    And, that supplement to Parisite#2 on Appendix D7 is itself a masterwork in lying, BS and total misunderstanding.

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