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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.920 [SLACK_001134] · slack_pm:msg:09552

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Date
2021-06-04 16:02
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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Me too Bob. Just makes my blood boil. Anyway, I'm going to ignore that journo.

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  1. 2021-06-04 15:27 Edward C. Holmes open
    She claims that the pangolin virus may have been contracted from their smugglers. So, in 2019 before the pandemic started smugglers in southern China in were infected by a virus that is related to, but not the same as, SARS-CoV-2, and then infected pangolins.
  2. 2021-06-04 15:30 Edward C. Holmes open
    Totally WRONG to say that the Lam et al. paper just uses the first paper's (Liu et al....published before the pandemic) data.
  3. 2021-06-04 15:52 Robert F. Garry open
    I've seen this behavior before - no compunction against lying - loves the spotlight - massive [undeserved] ego. She'llfly too close to the sun and the wings will melt - the crash will be hard - the problem is she can do and is doing a lot -a lot - of damage along the way.
  4. 2021-06-04 15:53 Robert F. Garry open
    Long game - the tide will turn - may sound trite even a bit arrogant - BUT we have science on our side. Of that I'm confident.
  5. 2021-06-04 16:02 Edward C. Holmes
    Me too Bob. Just makes my blood boil. Anyway, I'm going to ignore that journo.
  6. 2021-06-04 16:07 Robert F. Garry open
    Another common trait of this phenotype - they can get journos to write love letters. [shared file(s): A virus hunterfaces the big one_ Ebola - The Washington Post.pdf]
  7. 2021-06-04 16:12 Kristian G. Andersen open
    This made me fall over... :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-06-04 at 4.12.20 PM.png]
  8. 2021-06-04 16:21 Robert F. Garry open
    It's in these rare moments that twitter is actually of some value.
  9. 2021-06-04 16:21 Edward C. Holmes open
    Love it!

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