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[Eddie Holmes] Bringing Matt Lucas and Chris Hemsworth together in a movie would be brave choice, but one that I think is artistically justified. [2020-09-14 20:53:56] [Kristian Andersen] I can confirm that the report is now making the rounds in the upper echelons - how fun. @Robert Garry - let us know if you hear anything from the State Department... Worth reading the paper a couple of times to be able to respond to offhanded questions should they come up - I suspect they will, but I have no interest going through additional rounds on this BS. [2020-09-14 21:23:07] [Eddie Holmes] I passed it onto the Govt. officials here. I'm not going to read it. We simply published a paper on the subject. We are not involved in any of the stuff in China. [2020-09-14 21:33:39] [Kristian Andersen] We got Bob sorted out as well [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-09-14 at 9.33.11 PM.png] [2020-09-14 22:54:35] [Andrew Rambaut] [thread - ID: 2020-09-14 14:46:56] Can someone fill me in - what is the 'Yan Report' and why is it being given consideration? [2020-09-14 22:57:40] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2020-09-14 14:46:56] @Kristian Andersen She's the scientist who's been making the round on Fox News (and other conservative media) for months alleging that SARS-CoV-2 came from the lab. She's got decent credentials, so the right is listening. This is her report... Cherry picking and ignoring all recent data. [2020-09-14 22:59:37] [Andrew Rambaut] And they say that 'ZC45' is the progenitor. Nuts. [2020-09-14 23:01:40] [Kristian Andersen] They say a lot of things... But yeah, ZC45 was the template... (they might want to look at the alignment again...) [2020-09-14 23:03:32] [Andrew Rambaut] 3690 nucleotide differences between ZC45 and SC2. That is a lot of engineering. [2020-09-14 23:05:22] [Kristian Andersen] "Accelerated evolution", of course. They _completely_ ignore the new pangolin and bat CoVs (since they're fake). If they had included them, all their arguments go away. [2020-09-14 23:08:45] [Andrew Rambaut] I wonder what Jon's angle is then? He emailed me but with nothing but the 'report' in the email.