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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.920 [SLACK_001134] · slack_pm:msg:09553

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Date
2021-06-04 16:07
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry

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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]

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 2021-06-04 16:02 Edward C. Holmes open
    Me too Bob. Just makes my blood boil. Anyway, I'm going to ignore that journo.
  5. 2021-06-04 16:07 Robert F. Garry
    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]
  6. 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]
  7. 2021-06-04 16:21 Robert F. Garry open
    It's in these rare moments that twitter is actually of some value.
  8. 2021-06-04 16:21 Edward C. Holmes open
    Love it!
  9. 2021-06-04 16:23 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Alex has some really good one-liners - I'm pretty sure he spends fifteen minutes each day saying, "alright, time tofuck with some of the nutters before a beer".

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