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type: Conversation
title: Private channel session 927
description: "slack conversation, 22 messages, 2021-02-05."
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ended_at: "2021-02-05T18:42:28"
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A slack conversation of 22 messages spanning 2h 15m.

# Metadata

- **Started:** 2021-02-05T16:26:38
- **Ended:** 2021-02-05T18:42:28
- **Duration:** 2h 15m
- **Participants:** 3
- **Source:** [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)
- **Pages:** 487-488

# Participants

* [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md)
* [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md)
* [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md)
* [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md)

# Transcript

**[2021-02-05T16:26:38] Edward C. Holmes:** Wow. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-02-06 at 11.26.03 am.png]

**[2021-02-05T16:28:33] Kristian G. Andersen:** Are you fucking kidding me? Shut this shit down NOW!

**[2021-02-05T16:28:57] Edward C. Holmes:** Should I tweet a comment on this?

**[2021-02-05T16:32:08] Kristian G. Andersen:** I just did - but this is COMPLETELY out of order - even if there's nothing to see here.

**[2021-02-05T16:32:21] Kristian G. Andersen:** It's just so idiotic - what is she hoping to achieve?

**[2021-02-05T16:36:10] Edward C. Holmes:** I'm going to tweet as well.

**[2021-02-05T16:38:33] Edward C. Holmes:** Done.

**[2021-02-05T16:39:03] Robert F. Garry:** Unfucking believable.

**[2021-02-05T16:39:09] Edward C. Holmes:** She's just evil.

**[2021-02-05T16:39:38] Robert F. Garry:** She's jealous - you did an awesome job for the Frontline...

**[2021-02-05T16:42:25] Robert F. Garry:** And, she's evil. Kristian is right - she needs to be shut down That tweet is slander. Trouble is: 1. You're a public figure. 2. She has no assets - cost you more to sue her than she is worth. Speaking from experience.

**[2021-02-05T16:44:26] Edward C. Holmes:** I will pass this on the lawyers

**[2021-02-05T16:50:11] Edward C. Holmes:** But, I agree that lawyers are not the best course of action. Makes me feel better though.

**[2021-02-05T17:07:20] Robert F. Garry:** Well - they could do some things - cease and desist letter for example

**[2021-02-05T17:10:43] Robert F. Garry:** Engaging her "science" is ludicrous - she is so far out of her depth it is pathetic. However, there are not that many that can grasp the difference.

**[2021-02-05T17:12:16] Edward C. Holmes:** True. I do not want to get into a long tweet debate about all this. I had planned to ignore it but that tweet crossed the line. I've now a one tweet response and that is it.

**[2021-02-05T17:28:08] Robert F. Garry:** Well I guess the Wash Post watches Fox News.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/coronavirus-origins-mystery-china/?arc404=true

**[2021-02-05T17:30:45] Edward C. Holmes:** Yes, I saw. They even mention DRASTIC. Will be interesting to see what WHO report.

**[2021-02-05T17:39:03] Robert F. Garry:** Here I fixed the WasPost editorial : According to research by DRASTIC, a network of convicted pedophiles, eroticnovel writers, cryonic hucksters, slanderous post-docs turned science police, purveyors of city sized soft-corepornography and led by a penis-fixated graffiti artist, this is the most important bat coronavirus database in China.

**[2021-02-05T17:45:09] Edward C. Holmes:** :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

**[2021-02-05T18:00:13] Edward C. Holmes:** I also have on hand the relevant emails with Clare Thomas at Nature and Jeremy Farrar via Twitter message. These:100: support what I've said and show that I was trying to get the sequence released ASAP but that Zhang was under strong pressure. These are not subject to GIPA but it is good to have them.

**[2021-02-05T18:42:28] Edward C. Holmes:** I have all the ammo, it's just a case of when I use it. I was hoping to stay above all this shit.