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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.875 · slack_pm:msg:09065

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Date
2021-05-25 19:30 (hour precision)
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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Good. Let's hope this can get back on track - but I'm not hopeful in the short term.

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  1. 2021-05-25 19:24 Kristian G. Andersen open
    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.
  2. 2021-05-25 19:30 Edward C. Holmes open
    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
  3. 2021-05-25 19:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Of course they will Eddie - don't be daft. They'll welcome us with open arms and Zhengli will head the welcome committee.
  4. 2021-05-25 19:30 Robert F. Garry open
    Just had a long talk (70 minutes) with Carl Zimmer - brought up some of these points.
  5. 2021-05-25 19:30 Kristian G. Andersen
    Good. Let's hope this can get back on track - but I'm not hopeful in the short term.
  6. 2021-05-25 19:30 Robert F. Garry open
    Zimmer writes with Gorman so could go anywhere.
  7. 2021-05-25 19:30 Edward C. Holmes open
    No chance in the short-term
  8. 2021-05-25 19:30 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Key. https://twitter.com/acritschristoph/status/1397409973257179138?s=20
  9. 2021-05-25 19:30 Robert F. Garry open
    https://unherd.com/2021/05/what-if-there-was-a-lab-leak/ This tells you all you need to know: "The latest _Wall Street Journal_ story, for example, about three Wuhan researchers allegedly falling suspiciously sick in November,builds on facts revealed by David Asher, former lead investigator for the State Department, in interviews two months ago with both the Australian journalist Sharri Markson and myself."

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