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Ah, interesting. And this didn't get to George? I mean - 59 SARS reads is a pretty red flag. Mid December? [2020-10-01 20:27:14] [Eddie Holmes] I'll try to get you the exact date. George bloody knew!!! [2020-10-01 20:28:34] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, I have a REALLY hard time seeing how George wouldn't have known (I think it was the interview with Zhang where it was mentioned? And btw - Zhang = Times 100, which is pretty cool!) [2020-10-01 20:31:45] [Eddie Holmes] He bloody knew. No doubt. Yes, I was the go-between with TIME and Zhang. I told him not to do it - I thought there might be trouble - but his ego got the better of him. [2020-10-01 20:35:12] [Eddie Holmes] Zhang has now been booted out of China CDC and is now full-time in Shanghai. George is absolutely furious with him for stealing his glory. At the end of the day, it's allo about ego. [2020-10-01 20:38:31] [Eddie Holmes] The other thing is that sequencing report I sent was from WeChat. This chat was all over social media in China. And yet there is no chat about nothing from WIV. [2020-10-01 20:41:09] [Eddie Holmes] Oh, and obviously, our patient was sequenced in Shanghai (and was a fish market worker). So, clearly sequencing contamination at WIV. [2020-10-01 20:41:18] [Robert Garry] Trump begins quarantine as close aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus President Trump told Fox News's Sean Hannity during a live interview Thursday night that he and the first lady were tested after they learned about Hicks and were planning to quarantine. Hicks traveled with the president several times this week. [2020-10-01 20:42:28] [Robert Garry] Trump in quarantine is a pretty big deal - this will be interesting... [2020-10-01 20:42:55] [Kristian Andersen] Let's hope he stays there. [2020-10-01 20:43:13] [Eddie Holmes] For the next 20 years. [2020-10-01 20:43:52] [Kristian Andersen] > Zhang has now been booted out of China CDC and is now full-time in Shanghai. George is absolutely furious with him for stealing his glory. At the end of the day, it's allo about ego. Yeah, I can see that... I didn't think about that with Time 100, but obviously that must have pissed off George like nothing else.