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[2020-09-15 14:01:19] [Eddie Holmes] Totally agree. The Bannon thing couldn't be better....puts a bomb under all the conspiracy theorists. We can just watch the fall-out from a safe distance. [2020-09-15 14:18:50] [Kristian Andersen] Yup - and not to mention - with this level of involvement, this is getting dangerous too. Not going down that path - enough grey hairs and troubled wife already. Alina has been remarkably quiet... Maybe it's dawning on her that she's an idiot. [2020-09-15 14:35:15] [Robert Garry] This has been next-level from the beginning [Anna's instincts are correct]. Hasn't really changed. It's just that Proximal Origins knocked the conspiracy theorists off their rails. Now we know the names of some of the drivers of the news cycles, who obviously have deep roots. Kristian's twitter on this is very interesting. Yan has a lot of supporters. Yes Alina is an idiot, but the worst kind - a useful one to those with an agenda. Bannon is hero to many on the right. The China virus meme is a big part of Trump's re-election scam. Yan's paper is so full of shit - a Rube Goldberg scheme where the marble falls off the rail at the first turn - , but there are not that many of us that can debunk the shit. [2020-09-15 14:39:53] [Robert Garry] Hopefully, the right journo's tear into the whole Bannon thing. Definitely we should stay in the science lane and not comment about the politics. Watching it from afar will be entertaining. [2020-09-15 14:50:56] [Eddie Holmes] Wise words Bob. I was thinking of reminding Alina that Inspector Clouseau was also a detective. [2020-09-15 15:07:46] [Eddie Holmes] More wise words from Jon Cohen: [2020-09-15 15:07:56] [Eddie Holmes] "They have perfected the art of baffling with bullshit, dressing up arguments in technical language that you can decipher but is indecipherable to people outside of the field. Leaving aside their peculiar motivations, they waste our time". [2020-09-15 15:09:56] [Kristian Andersen] Very wise words [2020-09-15 15:10:03] [Andrew Rambaut] That is exactly it. It is so tiring. [2020-09-15 15:10:05] [Kristian Andersen] And tragically true [2020-09-15 17:38:11] [Kristian Andersen] Hah. https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1305959113537581059?s=20