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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.840 [SLACK_001054] · slack_pm:msg:08747

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Date
2021-05-19 14:35
Type
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Edward C. Holmes
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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@Eddie Holmes Why Derek felt the need to write this, I don't know. It's as if anybody with a science background - orno science background - feels qualified to comment on what is an extremely complex issue. Again, these people just can't get past the fact it started in Wuhan.

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  1. 2021-05-19 14:29 Edward C. Holmes open
    @Eddie Holmes At least some of the comments are reasonable. Molecular Biologist is spot on.
  2. 2021-05-19 14:31 Andrew Rambaut open
    I'm on that paper and did most of the phylogenetic...
  3. 2021-05-19 14:34 Robert F. Garry open
    Noticed that and guessed that - It's a really important piece of work. Trying to figure out how best to do it justice inthe Commentary.
  4. 2021-05-19 14:34 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Eddie Holmes He's basically reiterating what we said in our paper - but people apparently still don't get it.
  5. 2021-05-19 14:35 Kristian G. Andersen
    @Eddie Holmes Why Derek felt the need to write this, I don't know. It's as if anybody with a science background - orno science background - feels qualified to comment on what is an extremely complex issue. Again, these people just can't get past the fact it started in Wuhan.
  6. 2021-05-19 14:36 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Eddie Holmes (but they apparently don't have any issues with a researcher magically picking up the next pandemic virus from a bat butt. Okay, then - A+ for stats).
  7. 2021-05-19 14:37 Edward C. Holmes open
    @Eddie Holmes And shows why the conspiracy theorists are so keen to attack the pangolin data
  8. 2021-05-19 14:38 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Eddie Holmes It's a really inconvenient piece of evidence. It's the one thing that solidified my belief.
  9. 2021-05-19 14:38 Edward C. Holmes open
    @Eddie Holmes Me too

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