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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.770 [SLACK_000984] · slack_pm:msg:08059

Date: 2021-05-10 14:07
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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I laughed when I saw ""Public health agencies and research laboratories alike need to open their records to the public."". I mean, how naive are these people?

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2021-05-10 13:58 Edward C. Holmes open

But we Americans know better.
2021-05-10 14:02 Robert F. Garry open

There are some clearly false musings: "Although there were no findings in clear support of either a natural spilloveror a lab accident, the team assessed a zoonotic spillover from an intermediate host as "likely to very likely," and alaboratory incident as "extremely unlikely" [(4), p. 9]. Half true - as @Kristian Andersen has tweeted there are some clear findings in support of natural origin.
2021-05-10 14:06 Robert F. Garry open

"Public health agencies and research laboratories alike need to open their records to the public." Let the record show that these scientists are accusing Tony Fauci and Francis Collins of being culpable in the alleged cover-up.This is the same talking point of the Republicans in their letter to the WH.
2021-05-10 14:07 Kristian G. Andersen open

Correct. False equivalence. All the data we have so far supports a natural origin - the only one missing is the intermediate host. Which may or may not exist and also wouldn't satisfy the likes of eDim.
2021-05-10 14:07 Kristian G. Andersen

I laughed when I saw ""Public health agencies and research laboratories alike need to open their records to the public."". I mean, how naive are these people?
2021-05-10 14:07 Kristian G. Andersen open

I assume David will personally go collect the lab books himself?
2021-05-10 14:08 Robert F. Garry open

Self-serving and hypocritical: "We should show the same determination in promoting a dispassionate science-based discourse on this difficult but important issue." Don't call us racist for accusing leading Chinese scientists of cover-upand conspiracy.
2021-05-10 14:11 Robert F. Garry open

It truly was written by Alina "I'm just asking questions" Chan. Disappointing that there were so many supposedly serious scientists with FOMO.
2021-05-10 14:12 Edward C. Holmes open

Exactly. Makes me puke.

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