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Sharri is totally deranged. Off the scale.

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2021-05-25 17:39 Kristian G. Andersen open

It honestly reads like a really terrible Google translation of a Chinese document. Hmmmm :thinking_face:
2021-05-25 17:43 Edward C. Holmes open

It's missing the pictures. Try this: [shared file(s): Re Ugh.pdf]
2021-05-25 17:44 Kristian G. Andersen open

Nope - still the same. Total gibberish. I love the subject line of that email - "Ugh" indeed.
2021-05-25 17:48 Edward C. Holmes open

The story seems to be that an editor of Virologica Sinica who worked at the USAMRID once went to WIV for a journal meeting. I particularly like the bit about Jens Kuhn also being on the editorial board....if Jens were in chargeof WIV they'd have all their viruses beautifully classified by now.
2021-05-25 17:50 Edward C. Holmes

Sharri is totally deranged. Off the scale.
2021-05-25 17:52 Kristian G. Andersen open

Completely off the scale. How this gets past editorial, I just don't understand - they must be desperate for anything lab leak related.
2021-05-25 17:57 Edward C. Holmes open

I would have thought China would be delighted to see USAMRID mentioned.
2021-05-25 18:00 Edward C. Holmes open

Here's an S gene tree with Weifeng's and Shi's new sequence (green). Clearly a distinct lineage. [shared file(s): RAxML_bipartitions.SpikeNT_MSA_tidy.pdf]
2021-05-25 18:19 Edward C. Holmes open

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/biden-shut-down-trump-effort-coronavirus-chinese-lab/index.html