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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.792 [SLACK_001006] · slack_pm:msg:08242

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Date
2021-05-12 23:30
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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False equivalence is that the gamey tasting menu is full of bloody viruses (although we can't use this). Some ofthese animals were sick and sold.

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  1. 2021-05-12 23:24 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Andrew you nailed that one way back - Ebola virus in West Africa...
  2. 2021-05-12 23:24 Andrew Rambaut open
    > To call this scenario a "conspiracy theory" is inappropriate and unfair to everyone involved.
  3. 2021-05-12 23:25 Edward C. Holmes open
    Send them this to explain the point: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0
  4. 2021-05-12 23:26 Andrew Rambaut open
    > I would never hang my hat on any of it. But I would send a letter to Science
  5. 2021-05-12 23:30 Edward C. Holmes
    False equivalence is that the gamey tasting menu is full of bloody viruses (although we can't use this). Some ofthese animals were sick and sold.
  6. 2021-05-12 23:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Andrew - any chance you can please write a point about the likelihood? Basically what you already have but in a few sentences?
  7. 2021-05-12 23:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    > False equivalence is that the gamey tasting menu is full of bloody viruses (although we can't use this). Some ofthese animals were sick and sold.I honestly don't understand we aren't all already dead - it's a fucking miracle.
  8. 2021-05-12 23:32 Edward C. Holmes open
    5. Virus is adapted to spread in multiple hosts (e.g. mink). 6. Same RBD found in pangolins so it is in nature.
  9. 2021-05-12 23:33 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "No evidence either way". Sure. Until you think about it.

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