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Date
2021-06-03 08:20
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Lab-leak / accidental release hypothesisNatural origin / zoonotic spillover

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As for our opening paragraph, I was playing around with the "capture-release" vs "lab leak" stuff yesterday, making some FAQs to respond to the stuff around Tony's emails. What I think is key here - and maybe we could specifically mention it - is that a "lab leak" is insufficient in itself to explain the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. A scientific theory ofSARS-CoV-2 emergence needs to be able to account for _all_ facts surrounding the origin - the "lab leak" only provides a very small part of that, not being able to explain everything prior to the leak or the fact that this got goingin a wet market. I'll see if I can incorporate a single sentence to that effect as I go through - the beauty here is that "natural emergence" explains everything.

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As for our opening paragraph, I was playing around with the "capture-release" vs "lab leak" stuff yesterday, making some FAQs to respond to the stuff around Tony's emails. quoted / not their view quoted_external sentence carries quotation marks asserts
What I think is key here - and maybe we could specifically mention it - is that a "lab leak" is insufficient in itself to explain the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. quoted / not their view quoted_external inside quotation marks asserts

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  1. 2021-06-03 08:10 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Andrew, totally agree on your first paragraph / outline - I'll work on it tonight. We might need to create a new document...
  2. 2021-06-03 08:14 Robert F. Garry open
    @Kristian Andersen Libel: a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
  3. 2021-06-03 08:14 Robert F. Garry open
    @Kristian Andersen Yeah - this is that.
  4. 2021-06-03 08:15 Kristian G. Andersen open
    @Kristian Andersen Oh, just a bit.
  5. 2021-06-03 08:20 Kristian G. Andersen
    As for our opening paragraph, I was playing around with the "capture-release" vs "lab leak" stuff yesterday, making some FAQs to respond to the stuff around Tony's emails. What I think is key here - and maybe we could specifically mention it - is that a "lab leak" is insufficient in itself to explain the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. A scientific theory ofSARS-CoV-2 emergence needs to be able to account for _all_ facts surrounding the origin - the "lab leak" only provides a very small part of that, not being able to explain everything prior to the leak or the fact that this got goingin a wet market. I'll see if I can incorporate a single sentence to that effect as I go through - the beauty here is that "natural emergence" explains everything.
  6. 2021-06-03 08:21 Kristian G. Andersen open
    And yes - to Bob's point, it must be testable... Otherwise, what are we even doing?
  7. 2021-06-03 09:10 Kristian G. Andersen open
    In a strange plot twist, I think I might be somewhat of a hero to Fox Nation... I also go an interview request fromNewsMax this morning - I'll decline.https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-fauci-deserves-to-be-under-criminal-investigation
  8. 2021-06-03 09:37 Robert F. Garry open
    Yeah - double agent - the most dangerous game a spy can play. [shared file(s): image.png]
  9. 2021-06-03 09:57 Robert F. Garry open
    THis isgonna make an amazing movie [shared file(s): image.png]

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