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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.878 [SLACK_001092] · slack_pm:msg:09094

Date: 2021-05-26 14:45
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry

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Quay and Asher still making the rounds though in Republican circles - kinda like a BIzzaro World version of Batman and Robin.

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2021-05-26 14:26 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes Very Important data. Interesting to see the paraflu viruses popping. BTW - noticed that Influenza ismisspelled in the tree figure a couple of times.....
2021-05-26 14:31 Edward C. Holmes open

@Eddie Holmes Yes! I noticed the 'influenza' issue...they can never get their indels right.
2021-05-26 14:31 Robert F. Garry open

@Eddie Holmes :+1:
2021-05-26 14:45 Edward C. Holmes open

Conference abstract: [shared file(s): NIDO2021_Abstract_Worthington-et-al_v2.docx]
2021-05-26 14:45 Robert F. Garry

Quay and Asher still making the rounds though in Republican circles - kinda like a BIzzaro World version of Batman and Robin.
2021-05-26 15:05 Robert F. Garry open

Couple of others think their little paper has held up pretty well: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-who-doubt-wuhan-lab-theory-still-b[...]ewed-calls-to-probe-covid-origin/ar-AAKpVNJ?ocid=BingNewsSearch
2021-05-26 15:12 Andrew Rambaut open

@Kristian Andersen Oli reckons he is supportive but doesn't know if he wants to wade in on this. But asked if hecould take a look and decide? I notice the document is currently open to anyone who has the link - perhaps weshould make it an explicit share? Just in case it leaks out.
2021-05-26 15:45 Robert F. Garry open

FWIW - the NPR guy told me that BL claims that he's been misquoted (seems like a couple of times) and that he still supports PO1. It's just that he wanted to make the point that he thinks working with bat covs at BSL2 is a bad idea.:flipper:
2021-05-26 16:21 Edward C. Holmes open

Lest we forget (SARS positive racoon dogs): https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2003/09/animals-chinese-markets-carried-sars-virus [shared file(s): science.1087139.full.pdf]

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