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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.695-696 [SLACK_000909] · slack_pm:msg:07293

Date: 2021-04-12 14:35
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Wuhan Institute of Virology collaboration

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I've worked out Sacha Baron-Coren is one of the four people in Australia who need a COVID test. I've got a colleague to do all these, although I now sort of regret not getting involved because I think a Borat-style fake whistleblower about the WIV could have been fun.

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I've got a colleague to do all these, although I now sort of regret not getting involved because I think a Borat-style fake whistleblower about the WIV could have been fun.	quoted / not their view	hypothetical conditional framing	asserts

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I've got a colleague to do all these, although I now sort of regret not getting involved because I think a Borat-style fake whistleblower about the WIV could have been fun.

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2021-04-12 14:32 Edward C. Holmes open

Great stuff!
2021-04-12 14:35 Edward C. Holmes

I've worked out Sacha Baron-Coren is one of the four people in Australia who need a COVID test. I've got a colleague to do all these, although I now sort of regret not getting involved because I think a Borat-style fake whistleblower about the WIV could have been fun.
2021-04-12 14:51 Robert F. Garry open

https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/sacha-baron-cohen-deals-vaccines-to-celebs-in-hilarious-bit/ Vaccine dealer to theA-listers
2021-04-12 15:09 Edward C. Holmes open

Perhaps I can still do this!
2021-04-12 15:13 Robert F. Garry open

I think that's a good idea. While you're at it pitch a movie deal. My guess is that SBC is planning a C19 movie ofsome sort. IMO SBC would make an excellent @Covidfaker. Few other actors could pull of that level of sleaze.
2021-04-12 15:15 Robert F. Garry open

He might have to play multiple rolls thou. Who could master Yuri the dog head-freezer better than SBC?

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