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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1019 [SLACK_001233] · slack_pm:msg:10636

Date: 2021-10-12 14:40
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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It does make my blood boil that Alina - who has legitiised hate and attacks on scientists - is featured as a victim inthat Nature piece. No doubt she will milk this on Twitter. She has done more than anyone to create a narrative that ifyou a believe in a natural origin you are part of a conspiracy.

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She has done more than anyone to create a narrative that ifyou a believe in a natural origin you are part of a conspiracy.	own voice, substantive	speaker_own	asserts

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She has done more than anyone to create a narrative that ifyou a believe in a natural origin you are part of a conspiracy.

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2021-10-12 14:18 Robert F. Garry open

Agreed - my point exactly - all perfectly true and reasonable!
2021-10-12 14:20 Robert F. Garry open

But, idiots like 4$ would have a field day.
2021-10-12 14:29 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yup.
2021-10-12 14:29 Andrew Rambaut open

Delta is not the double mutant. It doesn't have E484Q
2021-10-12 14:40 Edward C. Holmes

It does make my blood boil that Alina - who has legitiised hate and attacks on scientists - is featured as a victim inthat Nature piece. No doubt she will milk this on Twitter. She has done more than anyone to create a narrative that ifyou a believe in a natural origin you are part of a conspiracy.
2021-10-12 14:47 Kristian G. Andersen open

I'll be emailing Nature as soon as this comes out to point that out - they have been asking us to fill out the questionary multiple times, but I never did. But not to realize that Alina is one of the ring leaders in _exactly what the article is about_ is pretty astonishing.
2021-10-12 14:48 Kristian G. Andersen open

I guess Richard maybe only emailed Bob and myself... [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-10-12 at 14.47.41.png]
2021-10-12 14:49 Edward C. Holmes open

I never got that
2021-10-12 14:49 Kristian G. Andersen open

What we really need an exposé on is the bullshit 4$Chan and eDim are doing - that's by far the biggest problem here, not you random fat angry guy from Texas sitting on his couch in his underpants while screaming at his screen about the "dumb elites!!"

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