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[Kristian Andersen] I suspect this'll be the end of the industry in Denmark though - which is a good thing. The Netherlands already had those plans in place prior to COVID, so that made their culling decision a little easier. [2020-12-10 08:23:08] [Robert Garry] Hopefully this will be used as a teaching moment - that SC2 is mostly a respiratory virus and that masks and social distancing are the best way to prevent spread. Handwashing sure, but fomites are a minor route. That out of my system, I completely support this: https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-disinfected-after-trump-exit-1553725 [2020-12-10 12:44:14] [Robert Garry] Proximal Origins? https://thehill.com/homenews/news/529300-israels-ex-space-boss-trump-was-on-the-verge-of-rev ealing-extraterrestrials [2020-12-10 13:13:33] [Eddie Holmes] Let's hope that Trump changes his mind and does that announcement. [2020-12-10 13:28:02] [Robert Garry] I'm just hoping for some ET DNA and anticipating the tMCRA calculation... [2020-12-10 16:50:02] [Kristian Andersen] Bob - to your previous point... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-military-dispatches-b-52-bomb ers-to-middle-east-as-show-of-force-against-iran/2020/12/10/b3eb2944-3afd-11eb-8328-a36a109900c2_story.html [2020-12-10 16:50:17] [Kristian Andersen] AND from Louisiana, no less! [2020-12-10 18:34:32] [Robert Garry] Yeah - impressive saber rattling - they literally have been flying over my house for the past week... [2020-12-13 07:22:43] [Robert Garry] It's the question that won't die. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/where-did-coronavirus-come-from-covid [2020-12-13 11:11:35] [Kristian Andersen] That's a bit of a weird article - a mishmash of things. And of course - not knowing the name of the journal AND the difference between East and West Africa... Well - one gotta wonder how much research went into it. [2020-12-13 11:41:51] [Andrew Rambaut] It is weird - I talked to a different Guardian journalist about the scientists working on Covid. That piece is coming out on Tuesday. Never talked to anyone about this one so she obviously just picked it up 2nd hand. [2020-12-13 11:48:38] [Robert Garry] All true - weird - what's troubling is that it's largely based on the WHO spokesperson- usually the journalist will fact check with a scientist they've talked too [I'll typically get a follow-up or two with the journalist or a fact-checker from the NYTimes etc]. Obviously, did not happen here. What's also obvious is that the DRASTIC krewe,