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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.827 [SLACK_001041] · slack_pm:msg:08624

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Date
2021-05-17 16:23
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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Extraordinary.

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  1. 2021-05-17 16:11 Robert F. Garry open
    The Politifact article has been updated with a few paragraphs from Baric. If he was a politician we'd call it flippingand flopping and trying to play both sides.https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/17/debating-origins-covid-19-virus-what-we-know-what-/
  2. 2021-05-17 16:23 Edward C. Holmes
    Extraordinary.
  3. 2021-05-17 16:29 Robert F. Garry open
    Yeah - he may be having a second thought or two about signing on to that really really dumb letter.
  4. 2021-05-17 16:45 Edward C. Holmes open
    A letter which proposes his collaborators have lied.
  5. 2021-05-17 16:49 Kristian G. Andersen open
    From the PolitiFact article: "Furthermore, the first cases of the coronavirus occurred in September when cold temperatures drive horseshoe bats into hibernation" Eh, no, actually, November the likely month (December confirmed). And let's not forget - when were the first casesof SARS discovered? That's right, November.
  6. 2021-05-17 16:52 Edward C. Holmes open
    Plus why did it come directly from bats?

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