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They'd already reported the respirovirus in the pangolins. This was just a follow-up study.

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2021-04-22 13:09 Robert F. Garry open

Yes - actually dumber.
2021-04-22 13:11 Edward C. Holmes open

Yes, she's clearly behind that PLoS request. Like @Andrew Rambaut I was also asked by PLoS to look at that paper yesterday. I declined because I said that I would be classed as having a conflict of interest.
2021-04-22 13:15 Kristian G. Andersen open

I'm not quite sure what she's trying to say - that first they said it was SARS-CoV-2 and then later repackaged the paper when they realized it was a resipirovirus?
2021-04-22 13:17 Edward C. Holmes open

Just spectacularly stupid
2021-04-22 13:19 Edward C. Holmes

They'd already reported the respirovirus in the pangolins. This was just a follow-up study.
2021-04-22 13:19 Andrew Rambaut open

Someone reply to her with this link: https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=respirovirus
2021-04-22 13:20 Robert F. Garry open

Liu P, Chen W, Chen JP. Viral metagenomics revealed Sendai virus and coronavirus infection of Malayan pangolins (Manis javanica). Viruses 2019;11:979.
2021-04-22 13:20 Edward C. Holmes open

There you go.
2021-04-22 13:22 Robert F. Garry open

Where is a good journalist when you need one?