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I called it a "very specific version of natural emergence" (and hence hugely unlikely). He didn't like that very much.
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He's being absolutely swarmed at the moment though, so not really fair to him - but I gotta say, boy oh boy is the stuff he says naive.
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Look at the last tweet in that thread too. Bringing up bacteria... ANYBODY with a little bit of knowledge would look atthat and say "wait, what, he doesn't even understand the basics"?Unreal. I really respect Marc a lot - as in, a lot. But this is uninformed and naive. [shared file(s): Screen Shot2021-05-25 at 7.19.25 PM.png]
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Isolating bacteria in live animals? WTF?
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2021-05-25 19:24
Kristian G. Andersen
Yeah - that's what SARS-CoV-2 did. It jumped out of a tube and into a person. And then it caused a super spreading event at a wet market. And then the pandemic. Simple, really.I was kinda hoping Alex would go in for the kill... Good thing Andrew is asleep.
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Just supreme arrogance. The other question is where this will all end? Will China seriously allow another, more detailed investigation? I think not. SLACK_001089
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Of course they will Eddie - don't be daft. They'll welcome us with open arms and Zhengli will head the welcome committee.
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Just had a long talk (70 minutes) with Carl Zimmer - brought up some of these points.
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Good. Let's hope this can get back on track - but I'm not hopeful in the short term.