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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1098 [SLACK_001312] · slack_pm:msg:11439

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Date
2022-02-23 12:23
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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No worries. I'm just surprised we've not yet been blamed for the invasion of Ukraine

In context

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  1. 2022-02-23 12:18 Edward C. Holmes open
    I seem to remember him asking something like 'give me the probability it came out of a lab?'. I think he wanted anumber, although perhaps I'm deluding myself.
  2. 2022-02-23 12:20 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah - some folks on the call asked for odds, but I can't remember whether it might actually have been Jeremy. I'll just say "I don't remember what Tony said"
  3. 2022-02-23 12:20 Edward C. Holmes open
    He didn't ask many questions because he spent all his time telling us what to think
  4. 2022-02-23 12:21 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Haha, that's right. I guess maybe this is my chance to cash in if I flip.... Hmmm - sorry guys, I'll have to throw you under the bus too. :man-shrugging::moneybag:
  5. 2022-02-23 12:23 Edward C. Holmes
    No worries. I'm just surprised we've not yet been blamed for the invasion of Ukraine
  6. 2022-02-23 12:25 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Oh, I'm sure we'll hear about that shortly. I'll ping my DRASTIC friends.
  7. 2022-02-23 12:41 Robert F. Garry open
    Tony's quote is great. He really didn't say much at all and I don't remember any specific questions from him. Francis said even less (Francis was at some sort of party). Jeremy said a few things, but mostly just by way of organization.It was mostly a round robin of the other scientists - starting with Kristian. I talked about the FCS [noting FCSs had been inserted before] and the O-linked glycans, which even at that early date didn't seem engineered. Decidedly amixed set of facts that could swing in a number of different directions with more data. Ron and Marion in particular were pretty outspoken that it had to be natural.
  8. 2022-02-23 13:09 Robert F. Garry open
    That's my best recollection. Tony said VERY little - Francis even less, if anything. They truly were there to listen.
  9. 2022-02-23 13:18 Edward C. Holmes open
    Sounds accurate to me

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