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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1009 [SLACK_001223] · slack_pm:msg:10538

Date: 2021-09-29 05:05
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Robert F. Garry
Topics: Natural origin / zoonotic spillover Wuhan Institute of Virology collaboration

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Also well documented that the Hubei Province Districts Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (May-Dec 2019)was moving into new building near the Huanan market in 2019 - they probably got themselves some new PCRmachines then. The WIV also something of a work in progress so there are reasons that there amy have beenbumps in equipment purchases then.

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Also well documented that the Hubei Province Districts Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (May-Dec 2019)was moving into new building near the Huanan market in 2019 - they probably got themselves some new PCRmachines then.	needs context	uncertain explicit hedge	asserts
The WIV also something of a work in progress so there are reasons that there amy have beenbumps in equipment purchases then.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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The WIV also something of a work in progress so there are reasons that there amy have beenbumps in equipment purchases then.

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2021-09-29 04:56 Andrew Rambaut open

If you were setting up a big genomic surveillance lab you could spend that much on machines quite easily
2021-09-29 04:58 Andrew Rambaut open

The UK spent £22B on setting up the COVID testing system.
2021-09-29 04:59 Andrew Rambaut open

Obviously if there was any documentary evidence they were ordering PCR primers for SARS-like coronavirus that would be a game changer
2021-09-29 05:03 Edward C. Holmes open

It would be, although the idea that no one said a single word about this on public and social media until December perhaps argues against. I'm sure this is in no way related to the fact that Wuhan held a number of major events in2019 inc. the World Military Games, and might perhaps have wanted testing systems in place for the outbreaks that often follow mass gatherings.
2021-09-29 05:05 Robert F. Garry

Also well documented that the Hubei Province Districts Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (May-Dec 2019)was moving into new building near the Huanan market in 2019 - they probably got themselves some new PCRmachines then. The WIV also something of a work in progress so there are reasons that there amy have beenbumps in equipment purchases then.
2021-09-29 05:09 Andrew Rambaut open

And the fact the spending was going up by 10M a year in the previous years.

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