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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.808 [SLACK_001022] · slack_pm:msg:08418

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Date
2021-05-13 16:05
Type
chat message · slack
mentioned
Andrew Rambaut
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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@Andrew Rambaut THese two from the CAmbridge Group wrote this: https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/4/e01868-20 At this time, the scientific consensus is that the virus emerged as a zoonosis whereby it jumped from an animal host, possibly bats or pangolins, to humans (*11*), and arguments about a laboratory origin for SARS-CoV-2 are moreakin to a conspiracy theory than to a scientifically credible hypothesis.

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@Andrew Rambaut THese two from the CAmbridge Group wrote this: https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/4/e01868-20 At this time, the scientific consensus is that the virus emerged as a zoonosis whereby it jumped from an animal host, possibly bats or pangolins, to humans (*11*), and arguments about a laboratory origin for SARS-CoV-2 are moreakin to a conspiracy theory than to a scientifically credible hypothesis. quoted / not their view paraphrase_third_party reporting frame: 'CAmbridge Group wrote' denies

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  1. 2021-05-13 15:52 Edward C. Holmes open
    No, they are GoF.
  2. 2021-05-13 15:52 Robert F. Garry open
    Good point!
  3. 2021-05-13 15:52 Edward C. Holmes open
    Ron is still toxic.
  4. 2021-05-13 15:54 Robert F. Garry open
    Susan R. Weiss https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p11346
  5. 2021-05-13 16:05 Robert F. Garry
    @Andrew Rambaut THese two from the CAmbridge Group wrote this: https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/4/e01868-20 At this time, the scientific consensus is that the virus emerged as a zoonosis whereby it jumped from an animal host, possibly bats or pangolins, to humans (*11*), and arguments about a laboratory origin for SARS-CoV-2 are moreakin to a conspiracy theory than to a scientifically credible hypothesis.
  6. 2021-05-13 16:09 Andrew Rambaut open
    @Kristian Andersen fair-cop

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