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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.773 [SLACK_000987] · slack_pm:msg:08091

Date: 2021-05-11 02:46
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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"I think George is leading the effort and BGI is help with all the sequencing works. That's the national team, although other team are also working on similar project, but with smaller scale. There has been huge effort on environments(wet market in Wuhan) and wild-life animals (all over China, including bats and pangolines). I myself is involved inthese some of the work (one with pangoline and the other with the Gamey taste animals), but nothing relavent isfound at this stage. And I haven't heard anything interesting from others either. George previously wanted me toinvolve in the data analyses, and promised to send the hard disk, but they never arrived. So I guess he is having second thoughts."

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There has been huge effort on environments(wet market in Wuhan) and wild-life animals (all over China, including bats and pangolines).	quoted / not their view	quoted_external inside quotation marks	asserts
I myself is involved inthese some of the work (one with pangoline and the other with the Gamey taste animals), but nothing relavent isfound at this stage.	quoted / not their view	quoted_external inside quotation marks	asserts

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There has been huge effort on environments(wet market in Wuhan) and wild-life animals (all over China, including bats and pangolines).

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I myself is involved inthese some of the work (one with pangoline and the other with the Gamey taste animals), but nothing relavent isfound at this stage.

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2021-05-11 02:45 Edward C. Holmes open

Was chatting to some of WHO people about the RelBloom thing today...their reaction is :man-facepalming:
2021-05-11 02:45 Edward C. Holmes open

I also had a very interesting chat with my Deep Throat in China. Got the following:
2021-05-11 02:46 Edward C. Holmes open

"No evidence so far indicate that the WIV has the virus in storage."
2021-05-11 02:46 Edward C. Holmes

"I think George is leading the effort and BGI is help with all the sequencing works. That's the national team, although other team are also working on similar project, but with smaller scale. There has been huge effort on environments(wet market in Wuhan) and wild-life animals (all over China, including bats and pangolines). I myself is involved inthese some of the work (one with pangoline and the other with the Gamey taste animals), but nothing relavent isfound at this stage. And I haven't heard anything interesting from others either. George previously wanted me toinvolve in the data analyses, and promised to send the hard disk, but they never arrived. So I guess he is having second thoughts."
2021-05-11 02:47 Edward C. Holmes open

Plus this awesome figure: [shared file(s): Fig 1 Hv20210510v2.pdf]
2021-05-11 02:48 Edward C. Holmes open

So, nothing found yet but great they are looking so hard. Can't see any evidence for mink or raccoon dog testing though.
2021-05-11 02:53 Robert F. Garry open

That's super interesting @Eddie Holmes Yes indeed I'm glad they are looking so hard!
2021-05-11 02:53 Robert F. Garry open

I was typing this: JC is one of a handful of science journo that could get this right. He's probably non to happy _Science_ is publishing this crap. I find it interesting they give a Editorial credit to Jennifer Sills. On further reflectionof RelBloomshit the the two things that piss me off the most are: 1. the assertion that there is "no clear evidence" for natural origin in the WHO report and 2. "Not racists, however, the Chinese scientists, authorities, and public health officials are lying." 1 is an argument from authority meant to demean a scientific conclusion they don't like andconfuse ppl, while 2 is a self-serving plea to ignore the fact that they are proposing a massive cover-up and conspiracy.

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