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Anyone in contact with zeynep NYTimes?

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2021-06-05 15:29 Kristian G. Andersen open

shared file(s): question on Fauci emails & an Alina Chan tweet.
2021-06-05 15:29 Kristian G. Andersen open

Clearly digging... Antonio is such an idiot.
2021-06-05 15:34 Kristian G. Andersen open

I can see the angle there - "trying to silence the conversation".
2021-06-05 15:38 Edward C. Holmes open

Exactly. I'll get painted as someone who tried to gag the heroine. If you actually read my email to Lander it clearly says she is entitled to her opinion but that these attacks on my research integrity have crossed the line.
2021-06-05 15:39 Robert F. Garry

Anyone in contact with zeynep NYTimes?
2021-06-05 15:40 Andrew Rambaut open

I had an off-the-record background chat (for about 2.5 hours)
2021-06-05 15:42 Robert F. Garry open

Impression - mine mixed - I think she's smart but has taken a sip or two of the Alina Kool-aid.
2021-06-05 15:42 Kristian G. Andersen open

Zeynep seems convinced by the lab leak - I'm assuming her story will be absolutely awful.
2021-06-05 15:46 Robert F. Garry open

She's Turkish - bringing a high prior that oppressive governments lie and cover-up. Some very convoluted thinkingto back up the prior.