Slack / Private Message Drop — page 1055

All of the emails regarding the teleconference show the establishment of the hypotheses we later outlined in the Proximal Origins paper and then the assessment of these based on the available *scientific* evidence. Opinions simply shifted as the result of analysis and the examination of new data. All of our conclusions were written in our published and peer-reviewed papers (i.e., in Nature Medicine and ~then updated~ in Cell late last year). Since then more data has been published that further supports our conclusions ~from that initial review~ [2022-01-13 09:17:38] [Kristian Andersen] Yes, better, although a few suggested edits [2022-01-13 09:28:59] [Robert Garry] sent that to wade btw [2022-01-13 09:48:37] [Kristian Andersen] The slightly edited version? All good. He'll probably ask for further information, but just don't reply back - he's got what he needs [2022-01-13 11:59:53] [Kristian Andersen] Agreed - I mean, the guy already wrote about the conference call: https://thebulletin.org/2021/08/how-covid-19s-origins-were-obscured-by-the-east-and-the-west/ [2022-01-13 12:00:12] [Kristian Andersen] I wonder what else he was hoping to add... Probably just another juicy spin. [2022-01-13 12:02:00] [Robert Garry] All true - I did like @Andrew Rambaut approach of it's just the scientific process. Wade did use his NYTimes email and claims he's still in the Science Dept so I don't know - might end up there. [2022-01-13 12:04:45] [Kristian Andersen] I can't believe the NYTimes would publish an article by him - that would truly be shocking. I guess we'll see.. [2022-01-13 12:15:36] [Robert Garry] Agree he'll spin whatever and it will be painful to watch... [2022-01-13 13:21:27] [Kristian Andersen] One thing to check on that we need to get right with Quammen too - did we post on Virological on 2/9 or 2/16? I think 2/16, no? @Andrew Rambaut [2022-01-13 13:23:44] [Andrew Rambaut] shared file(s): image.png [2022-01-13 13:24:57] [Andrew Rambaut] Need to check if that is the data for the last update. [2022-01-13 13:25:02]