A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it
answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.
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Hah, I can imagine - great work battling the idiots! Good practice for the letter... :wink:. I'll go through shortly.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/24/right-is-dwelling-slanderous-myths-about-origins-covid-19/
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Yeah, it's pretty good - links to our paper as well.
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I'm currently reading this: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5ndx/china-coronavirus-origins-who-mission Very insightful so far (on the political aspects - which, I should say, we pretty much have nailed down as well, unlike many others....)
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2021-05-24 19:14
Edward C. Holmes
This is really getting out of hand.
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It'll get worse, I'm sure - it's currently not about science, but about a power struggle between two super powers.Better to just focus on the science...
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While I don't agree with everything, that Vice article is good - I strongly suggest reading it to get some of the background on the politics involved. Very insightful.
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I can testify that between Jan 5-12 the issues were (i) controlling the message because the word 'SARS' was involved and (ii) the egos battling in China for who would get the credit for identifying the virus. On the letter -between us, the only reason Zhang told the Ministry of Health on the 5th was because I bloody well told him to.Twice:
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