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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.746 [SLACK_000960] · slack_pm:msg:07811

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Date
2021-05-03 20:01
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry

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Betting on a FCS at the S2' site.

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  1. 2021-05-03 19:24 Edward C. Holmes open
    And to prove to point we've just found a beta-CoV in an Aussie bat.
  2. 2021-05-03 19:31 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Ohhhhh, the plot thickens.... Wait until the tinfoil hats find out that Eddie Holmes found a related virus in hisbackyard... :thinking_face::man_in_business_suit_levitating:
  3. 2021-05-03 19:46 Edward C. Holmes open
    Even better if it had a FCS. Can you imagine? Still characterising it. Could be in the subgenus Nobecovirus.
  4. 2021-05-03 20:01 Robert F. Garry
    Betting on a FCS at the S2' site.
  5. 2021-05-03 20:03 Robert F. Garry open
    These betas - like the proverbial box of chocolate. Each a different flavor. Each adding a few new pieces to thepuzzle.
  6. 2021-05-03 20:06 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Eddie - Jeremy's MI6 friend? https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1388809199786893312
  7. 2021-05-03 20:14 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "I'm not a scientist..." [goes into completely bogus 'scientific' explanation about virus RNA]. Classic.
  8. 2021-05-03 20:25 Edward C. Holmes open
    Dearlove is a knob of long-standing. He was ranting to the Telegraph about this ages ago: he was discussing the Norwegians ("he is nonsense!"). Jeremy's friend has a double-barrelled name and is female. MI5 I think.

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