Slack / Private Message Drop — page 1069

As others have already stated, our conclusions - published in two peer reviewed scientific papers - have been driven strictly by science. That was true in 2020 when the pandemic started and that is true today. Any suggestions to the contrary are false and insulting. Our earlier conclusions have only been further strengthened by additional scientific evidence and analyses - and e.g., the absence of evidence from the recently completed investigations by the US intelligence community. Our research to more fully understand the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is ongoing. For hypotheses that have been "unduly influenced" by "political ramifications" you need look no further than the current narrative around the "lab leak" theory or the many conspiracy theories currently being amplified by non-experts, including the ones suggesting that scientific investigations were "unduly influenced by the political ramifications of the hypothesis". I look forward to reading your article - which I trust will be based on science and not untrue conspiracy theories. Best, Kristian``` [2022-01-20 13:37:44] [Eddie Holmes] :+1: And I don't remember the bit in PO1 where we mention conspiracy theories [2022-01-20 13:38:59] [Kristian Andersen] Nope - we didn't. Maybe we should have... [2022-01-20 13:39:41] [Eddie Holmes] The irony is that Madeleine is in fact invoking a conspiracy to shut down a conspiracy [2022-01-20 13:39:57] [Kristian Andersen] Yup - I point that out to her. [2022-01-20 13:40:49] [Eddie Holmes] I expect a torrent of shit on Twitter [2022-01-20 13:42:04] [Kristian Andersen] Gotta get the mob riled up before the actual science lands... [2022-01-20 13:54:13] [Robert Garry] that's what's keeping me going [2022-01-20 13:57:16] [Andrew Rambaut] It is clear that Fauci/Collins were concerned about the negative effect of unsupported allegations of wrong doing by Chinese groups. [2022-01-20 14:02:50] [Eddie Holmes] Which is entirely reasonable. But they gave us no instruction of what to think or write. [2022-01-20 14:12:27] [Kristian Andersen]