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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.923 [SLACK_001137] · slack_pm:msg:09582

Date: 2021-06-04 22:01
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Natural origin / zoonotic spillover Wuhan Institute of Virology collaboration

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The Guardian journo told me that the State Dept fact sheet says that the WIV worked on pangolins and indeed it does: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-06-05 at 3.00.24 pm.png]

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The Guardian journo told me that the State Dept fact sheet says that the WIV worked on pangolins and indeed it does: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-06-05 at 3.00.24 pm.png]	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	acknowledges

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The Guardian journo told me that the State Dept fact sheet says that the WIV worked on pangolins and indeed it does: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-06-05 at 3.00.24 pm.png]

own voice, substantive

speaker_own

acknowledges

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2021-06-04 21:18 Kristian G. Andersen open

This is just nuts - I mean, wtf. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9653363/Dr-Peter-Daszak-spotted-outside-million-dollar-home-upstate-Ne w-York.html
2021-06-04 21:38 Edward C. Holmes open

This is just disgusting
2021-06-04 21:45 Edward C. Holmes open

This is getting totally out of hand
2021-06-04 21:50 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup. The world simply has gone mad.
2021-06-04 22:01 Edward C. Holmes

The Guardian journo told me that the State Dept fact sheet says that the WIV worked on pangolins and indeed it does: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-06-05 at 3.00.24 pm.png]
2021-06-04 22:01 Edward C. Holmes open

Where are they getting that from?
2021-06-04 22:02 Edward C. Holmes open

Obviously this is the Trump fact sheet
2021-06-04 22:05 Kristian G. Andersen open

I have no idea - and Michael's answers back to me were confused... He's trying to see if he can get more info
2021-06-04 22:09 Edward C. Holmes open

He emailed me as well. The pangolin stuff comes from Asher.

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