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Date
2022-01-14 13:47
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recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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  1. 2022-01-14 13:39 Edward C. Holmes open
    Sorry, but I can't agree to the release of these emails for the reasons I've given before. I think we do nothing. I don't see how DRASTIC could get hold of these. Nature will not allow release of peer review reports.
  2. 2022-01-14 13:40 Edward C. Holmes open
    We won't be able to control the narrative. Let's be realistic.
  3. 2022-01-14 13:46 Kristian G. Andersen open
    The problem is, it's not a question of whether to release them or not - if congress gets involved we have to hand over _all_ these documents no matter what we or our institutions say. Either we control that release or it'll come via congress later this year.
  4. 2022-01-14 13:46 Kristian G. Andersen open
    At that stage it's a legal process
  5. 2022-01-14 13:47 Edward C. Holmes
    Not my institution
  6. 2022-01-14 13:47 Edward C. Holmes open
    Andrew and I are not subject to US law
  7. 2022-01-14 13:47 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Doesn't matter - the documents were shared with US officials
  8. 2022-01-14 13:48 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Internal emails between us are a different matter - but not when it comes to the documents that were shared and that I worked on while being supported by NIH grants.
  9. 2022-01-14 13:53 Edward C. Holmes open
    Apologies, but I am :100: against sharing these at the moment. I'm not giving into bullies; I will loose all institutionalsupport; and it's delusional to think that releasing them will fix anything - people will pick and choose what they wantto believe. I'd wait until it becomes a problem. I don't see that we are anywhere near that at the moment. And going through Jon won't work as he is seen as Zoonati.

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