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

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Andrew and I are not subject to US law

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  1. 2022-01-14 13:40 Edward C. Holmes open
    We won't be able to control the narrative. Let's be realistic.
  2. 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.
  3. 2022-01-14 13:46 Kristian G. Andersen open
    At that stage it's a legal process
  4. 2022-01-14 13:47 Edward C. Holmes open
    Not my institution
  5. 2022-01-14 13:47 Edward C. Holmes
    Andrew and I are not subject to US law
  6. 2022-01-14 13:47 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Doesn't matter - the documents were shared with US officials
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 2022-01-14 13:56 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Here are the relevant documents showing the history of the paper. The 2/4 and 2/6 drafts will likely become public no matter what since the US Government will already have these. The others are all internal to us and would not become public until congress gets involved (probably towards the endof this year). Let's discuss this in a couple of weeks - nothing happens right now, but we _absolutely_ do not want Jordan/Comeror USRTK to be the first to release the drafts. [shared file(s): 2020.02.04 Draft.pdf, 2020.02.06 Draft.pdf, 2020.02.17Nature submission.pdf, 2020.02.29 Nature rebuttal manuscript.pdf, 2020.02.29 Nature rebuttal.pdf, 2020.03.05Nature Medicine submission.pdf, 2020.03.17 Nature Medicine final.pdf]

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