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We should _all_ be concerned about unsupported allegations (many of which are conspiracy theories) targeting any group - whether Chinese or not. That is absolutely the right approach. [2022-01-20 14:16:19] [Robert Garry] Listening to Rep Jordan and seeing some "coverage" on Fox News I can say that some pretty serious unsupported allegations have targeted another group - us. [2022-01-20 14:18:07] [Kristian Andersen] Yup, it's no longer about the Chinese - it's all about a stolen election. [2022-01-21 00:56:18] [Eddie Holmes] Here - strictly confidential as usual - is another bat CoV, this one from Thailand: RpRB-065. Seems very close to RaTG13. Would this use hACE2 do think? Again, please keep to yourself. [shared file(s): SpikeAlignment.fasta] [2022-01-21 07:27:25] [Kristian Andersen] Interesting... Yeah, this is very "RaTG13-like" and has the RaTG13 RBD, not BANAL-52. So it's going to be an ACE2 binder, but not a human ACE2 binder. Now, go find one with a furin site so we can be done with this shit. [2022-01-21 11:23:01] [Eddie Holmes] Thanks, that's what I thought. [2022-01-21 16:05:37] [Robert Garry] Is it harrassment if some idiot keeps tweeting lies about you and your colleagues to sell a crap book? [shared file(s): image.png] [2022-01-21 16:09:04] [Robert Garry] fun fact *HarperCollins Publishers LLC* is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. So this explains the book deal... [2022-01-21 16:12:13] [Kristian Andersen] Harassment, misinformation, and disinformation - all in one. [2022-01-21 16:24:01] [Robert Garry] Ads to the mystery though why 4$ hasn't been on Fox News. All big one happy Murdock family it seems. [2022-01-21 16:25:34] [Kristian Andersen] I _think_ Fox might be one step too far for the Broad - it's _the_ one thing they mentioned when we discussed her shit ("advised her not to go on Fox News"). Well, fuck them. [2022-01-21 16:28:38] [Eddie Holmes]