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Slack / Private Message Drop, pp.812-813 [SLACK_001026] · slack_pm:msg:08471

Page text: p.812, p.813 · original PDF

Date
2021-05-14 13:31
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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SLACK_001027 Was just on a call with NIH leadership.... Fucking eDim!

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  1. 2021-05-14 11:35 Robert F. Garry open
    https://twitter.com/ydeigin/status/1393172849167376386 Here eDim is tweeting with Yuri (yucking it up because BLis a FOMO). Being called a "dead-ender" by eDim not as good as being called out by Ann Coulter but is also a markof honor.
  2. 2021-05-14 12:02 Robert F. Garry open
    PO1 author-BL=bad. All our fans are coming out... [shared file(s): image.png]
  3. 2021-05-14 12:07 Kristian G. Andersen open
    They will forever twist words. The dumber, the more twisting.
  4. 2021-05-14 13:05 Robert F. Garry open
    Politifact is fact-checking whether Tony Fauci is lying about funding GoF research at WIV - Tony is smart - I'm sure he's not lying. @Kristian Andersen you're right they are pointing at the PLOS Pathogens paper.
  5. 2021-05-14 13:31 Kristian G. Andersen
    SLACK_001027 Was just on a call with NIH leadership.... Fucking eDim!
  6. 2021-05-14 13:31 Kristian G. Andersen open
    This is 100% definitely not GOF.. It's unbelievably dumb.
  7. 2021-05-14 13:31 Edward C. Holmes open
    We wrote our paper in early Feb prior to widespread COVID in the US so he's lying there. Indeed, he was very keenat the time:
  8. 2021-05-14 13:31 Edward C. Holmes open
    shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-15 at 6.39.23 am.png
  9. 2021-05-14 13:31 Edward C. Holmes open
    The problem though is that we should clearly have done exactly Kristian didn't want to do:

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