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The "orf 1b" part is about 99.7% similar between SC2 and BANAL-20-50. [2021-10-06 06:57:56] [Andrew Rambaut] The journalist that is behind the latest FOI is Ian Birrell (so no surprises there). He is unhappy with the claim of non-disclosure because of the risk of harm and is threatening to write about Edinburgh's refusal. Our lawyer just wants to get more information in order to defend against this. @Robert Garry Is it OK that I tell him you had your home attacked with a rock and a message? @Kristian Andersen Can I say that Scripps provided you with armed personal protection? Was that due to a specific threat? @Eddie Holmes You have had personal threats of violence I think? I will also say that your university is taking this non-release approach for the same reason. [2021-10-06 06:58:39] [Robert Garry] YES! [2021-10-06 07:31:41] [Kristian Andersen] Assuming names don't go directly to Birrell (that fucker will mention all of this), yes, Scripps had to place armed guards outside our home due to multiple threats. They had to do the same outside my lab - including also installing locked doors and security cameras. [2021-10-06 07:48:21] [Andrew Rambaut] Yes - this is strictly to the lawyer. [2021-10-06 07:48:54] [Kristian Andersen] Ian is such a fuck. Just saying. [2021-10-06 13:22:10] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, I've threats and continual online abuse. For this reason I have not used Twitter for 6 months. Actually, if you look on Twitter you will see that my last post was on April 9th and it was to Ian about the abuse I was getting. I included those face morphing pictures. That was it for me. I've left it there like a head on a pole. Quite useful it is Ian. And my Uni are using the abuse against me as the reason for non-release. They say they have a duty to my mental health and well-being. One case has gone to court and we won. [2021-10-06 13:43:40] [Eddie Holmes] Also, so what if Birrell has a moan in the Mail about the lack of disclosure? He moans continually anyway. [2021-10-06 14:26:35] [Andrew Rambaut] Yes exactly - Birrell wrote a letter to the Principal threatening to write about it so the lawyer just wants to make sure everything is in place to tell him to piss off. [2021-10-08 15:29:51] [Robert Garry] https://medium.com/@SherlockGNomes/an-engineered-origin-for-the-sars-cov2-genome-47914a6919ad. "UPDATE: September 2021 New bat coronavirus genomes (BANAL-20-52, BANAL-20-236, and BANAL-103) have been published that show a high sequence identity to SARS-CoV2 spike protein. Whether a natural ancestor, synthetic template, spill-back