Slack / Private Message Drop — page 166

[2020-09-14 23:10:04] [Kristian Andersen] Same here - I'm not sure what his angle is either, but sounds like Eddie talked to him. [2020-09-14 23:31:05] [Andrew Rambaut] I just replied to say 3690 nucleotide differences. [2020-09-14 23:31:21] [Eddie Holmes] I was just about ask about how many nt differences there were between ZC45 and SC2. Thanks for that. I think Jon thinks it's shite. He noted all the ifs, buts and maybes. And the smoking gun in underlined bold font. [2020-09-14 23:31:52] [Eddie Holmes] I think they used the conspiracy theory template in Word. [2020-09-14 23:32:37] [Kristian Andersen] That smoking gun is present in RaTG13 as well... So hardly a smoking gun - it's a conserved sequence [2020-09-14 23:32:57] [Andrew Rambaut] It is funny that they have killed RaTG13 as evidence so now have to find something else. [2020-09-14 23:33:03] [Kristian Andersen] [Trust me - I looked for these. Hard :wink: ] [2020-09-14 23:33:33] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah - it's remarkable how they dismiss all the new sequences - because they're fake. We have idiots like Alina to thank for that. [2020-09-14 23:33:59] [Eddie Holmes] Now, you see I thought that the conspiracy theory was manipulation from RaTG13 itself from miners? It's just SO hard to keep up! [2020-09-14 23:34:37] [Kristian Andersen] Oh, yes - of course. Followed by accelerated evolution in lungs to create SARS2 [2020-09-14 23:35:01] [Kristian Andersen] Where it's been hiding out since that mine thingie, I'm not sure - but probably a freezer or something. [2020-09-14 23:35:13] [Eddie Holmes] Does this mean that these conspiracy theorists think the other conspiracy theorists are conspiracy theorists for suggesting that RaTG13 is real? I need to know. [2020-09-14 23:35:41] [Kristian Andersen] Nah, that's just a conspiracy theory.