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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.936 [SLACK_001150] · slack_pm:msg:09724

Date: 2021-06-08 13:53 (hour precision)
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Lab-leak / accidental release hypothesis Furin cleavage site and molecular features

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Love it: "Yet Baltimore has effectively disavowed his characterization of the furin cleavage site. As with so many other claims made to support the lab leak theory, this "smoking gun" turns out to be mostly smoke."

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Love it: "Yet Baltimore has effectively disavowed his characterization of the furin cleavage site.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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Love it: "Yet Baltimore has effectively disavowed his characterization of the furin cleavage site.

own voice, substantive

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asserts

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2021-06-08 13:53 Robert F. Garry open

It's behind a paywall for me but good on DB. Maybe he'll sign our letter.
2021-06-08 13:53 Kristian G. Andersen open

"Incognito" window and you should be able to read it...
2021-06-08 13:53 Robert F. Garry open

That's a helluva trick - why did I not learn this before?
2021-06-08 13:53 Kristian G. Andersen open

Works with Science too...
2021-06-08 13:53 Robert F. Garry

Love it: "Yet Baltimore has effectively disavowed his characterization of the furin cleavage site. As with so many other claims made to support the lab leak theory, this "smoking gun" turns out to be mostly smoke."
2021-06-08 14:23 Edward C. Holmes open

I can't Zoom today - I've got a lot on. I think we were lucky not to write the response to Bloom but should turn the evidence doc into a proper paper outlining what we do and don't know.
2021-06-08 14:37 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, I agree - tricky though. Should we try to aim for a Zoom tomorrow or Thursday (Friday)? I think it would begood to touch base on what we have and where to go next
2021-06-08 14:42 Edward C. Holmes open

I could do tomorrow morning - something like 2 pm your time
2021-06-08 14:44 Edward C. Holmes open

Ditto for Friday

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