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[2021-10-12 14:15:49] [Kristian Andersen] I still maintain that everything we said there was true - based on available evidence at the time, there was no reason to freak out. Just look at the recent headlines from Newsweek on mutations... [2021-10-12 14:18:41] [Robert Garry] Agreed - my point exactly - all perfectly true and reasonable! [2021-10-12 14:20:40] [Robert Garry] But, idiots like 4$ would have a field day. [2021-10-12 14:29:19] [Kristian Andersen] Yup. [2021-10-12 14:29:59] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2021-10-12 14:29:59] Delta is not the double mutant. It doesn't have E484Q [2021-10-12 14:40:13] [Eddie Holmes] It does make my blood boil that Alina - who has legitiised hate and attacks on scientists - is featured as a victim in that Nature piece. No doubt she will milk this on Twitter. She has done more than anyone to create a narrative that if you a believe in a natural origin you are part of a conspiracy. [2021-10-12 14:47:09] [Kristian Andersen] I'll be emailing Nature as soon as this comes out to point that out - they have been asking us to fill out the questionary multiple times, but I never did. But not to realize that Alina is one of the ring leaders in _exactly what the article is about_ is pretty astonishing. [2021-10-12 14:48:17] [Kristian Andersen] I guess Richard maybe only emailed Bob and myself... [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-10-12 at 14.47.41.png] [2021-10-12 14:49:42] [Eddie Holmes] I never got that [2021-10-12 14:49:44] [Kristian Andersen] What we really need an exposé on is the bullshit 4$Chan and eDim are doing - that's by far the biggest problem here, not you random fat angry guy from Texas sitting on his couch in his underpants while screaming at his screen about the "dumb elites!!" [2021-10-12 15:02:57] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-10-12 14:29:59] @Andrew Rambaut Glad you're keeping track :wink: - I lose track - interesting how Delta outcompeted Kappa. [2021-10-12 15:04:31] [Kristian Andersen]