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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1088 [SLACK_001302] · slack_pm:msg:11330

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Date
2022-02-12 17:16
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen

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I'm reading Quammen's draft and this made me fall out of my chair... :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: "Two other memorable Holmes traits are his very bald and nicely rounded head, which seems almost polished as a point of pride, and the fact that everyone calls him Eddie. Speak with molecular virologists anywhere in the world, remind them "But wait, hasn't Eddie said . . ." this or that, and they may not agree with the statement but they will know who you mean. In this field there's only one Eddie.":bald_man:

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  1. 2022-02-12 17:16 Kristian G. Andersen
    I'm reading Quammen's draft and this made me fall out of my chair... :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: "Two other memorable Holmes traits are his very bald and nicely rounded head, which seems almost polished as a point of pride, and the fact that everyone calls him Eddie. Speak with molecular virologists anywhere in the world, remind them "But wait, hasn't Eddie said . . ." this or that, and they may not agree with the statement but they will know who you mean. In this field there's only one Eddie.":bald_man:
  2. 2022-02-12 17:18 Edward C. Holmes open
    It was a proud moment for me and all my bald brothers
  3. 2022-02-12 17:19 Edward C. Holmes open
    We stand united :muscle:

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