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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.762 [SLACK_000976] · slack_pm:msg:07981

Date: 2021-05-07 16:52
Type: chat message · slack
mentioned: Robert F. Garry
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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@Robert Garry - I think it might be worth reaching out to GVN to see if they want to respond to this. I can't take the lead on something like this, but it's quite serious when a journalist as high profile as Wade (despite him being anidiot) is calling for people to "blame" virologists for the COVID-19 pandemic. It's shocking, frankly.

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2021-05-07 16:49 Kristian G. Andersen open

It's dangerous though - I mean: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 4.48.22 PM.png]
2021-05-07 16:50 Kristian G. Andersen open

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2021-05-07 16:50 Edward C. Holmes open

Good points on the VOC/VOI stuff. I think the WHO proposal is simply about politics, particularly trying to avoid the association with particular places (which the press will totally ignore). The greek names is ok I guess and not afocanuba. All a bit pointless.
2021-05-07 16:50 Kristian G. Andersen open

And, of course, this (too long for screen shot...) [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 4.50.27 PM.png]
2021-05-07 16:52 Kristian G. Andersen

@Robert Garry - I think it might be worth reaching out to GVN to see if they want to respond to this. I can't take the lead on something like this, but it's quite serious when a journalist as high profile as Wade (despite him being anidiot) is calling for people to "blame" virologists for the COVID-19 pandemic. It's shocking, frankly.
2021-05-07 16:56 Edward C. Holmes open

Perhaps ASM/ASV would be better. Need to avoid the response from the loose-knit community. There's so much hate in Wade's article it's hard to know where to begin.
2021-05-07 17:02 Kristian G. Andersen open

True. Might also just be better to leave it - it's shockingly hateful. I'm wondering if I should ping Jesse to warn him about this article since his Science commentary will be mixed upwith Wade's article AND Jesse may well not read the Wade piece in detail and not realize what it actually says.
2021-05-07 17:14 Edward C. Holmes open

No, Jesse has made his own bed - let him lie in it
2021-05-07 17:17 Edward C. Holmes open

My advice is to do nothing: just focus on doing the best science you can Jesse is old enough to look after himself

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