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A slack conversation of 18 messages spanning 1h 15m.

# Metadata

- **Started:** 2021-06-28T14:56:25
- **Ended:** 2021-06-28T16:12:05
- **Duration:** 1h 15m
- **Participants:** 3
- **Source:** [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)
- **Pages:** 965-966

# 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

**[2021-06-28T14:56:25] Andrew Rambaut:** Shall we ask Mike W if he wants to be an author? I don't think it would be incompatible with his being on the Bloom letter and I think he would see the good science. Would be good to pull over a few Bloom letter peeps.

**[2021-06-28T14:57:24] Edward C. Holmes:** Sure. It will be noted. Just make sure he doesn't share it.

**[2021-06-28T14:58:40] Edward C. Holmes:** I might ask Peter Doherty. Would be good to get a Nobel on board.

**[2021-06-28T15:00:51] Andrew Rambaut:** How many extra authors do we want? Only big hitters? Broad range of fields?

**[2021-06-28T15:01:29] Edward C. Holmes:** Not a huge number. People who will contribute. See other channel.

**[2021-06-28T15:02:08] Kristian G. Andersen:** Yeah, agreed - let's get some big hitters / CoV folks, but other than that, keep it simple. Mike would be good so wehave some cross-fertilization.

**[2021-06-28T15:02:09] Andrew Rambaut:** But we don't want them actually to contribute - or we will get in the editing mess again.

**[2021-06-28T15:02:31] Andrew Rambaut:** Could do with some epidemiology and some ecology

**[2021-06-28T15:02:51] Edward C. Holmes:** But they most comment otherwise they shouldn't be an author and that would give us grief

**[2021-06-28T15:02:56] Kristian G. Andersen:** I'm wondering if we should consider Pamela Bjorkman too - big name and she's not happy with her Science letter

**[2021-06-28T15:03:26] Andrew Rambaut:** Make it as broad as possible - not just virologists worried about being allowed to create frankenstein viruses.

**[2021-06-28T15:04:11] Andrew Rambaut:** Yes - we need documented evidence of a suggested edit.

**[2021-06-28T15:04:28] Edward C. Holmes:** Exactly!

**[2021-06-28T15:11:15] Andrew Rambaut:** Need to keep gender balance and non-US/UK angle

**[2021-06-28T15:12:14] Andrew Rambaut:** Let's try and vet the names before Angie and Stephen invite every virologist they ever had a drink with

**[2021-06-28T16:03:54] Andrew Rambaut:** Mike said he would love to be involved.

**[2021-06-28T16:05:09] Kristian G. Andersen:** Great!

**[2021-06-28T16:12:05] Edward C. Holmes:** Fab!