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[2021-01-02 17:50:46] [Robert Garry] The visa thing was pure @covidfaker/Nathan Wolfe bullshit. But yes it's difficult to understand the "outbreak culture." [2021-01-02 17:51:40] [Robert Garry] Then there's this rehash of the DRASTIC/alina shit in the London tabloid: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9 106985/amp/The-world-investigate-mounting-evidence-Covid-leaked-Wuhan-lab-writes-IAN-BIRRELL.html [2021-01-02 17:53:19] [Robert Garry] And, not sure how it will turn out but I think most of you know that David Quammen is writing some type of book... [2021-01-02 17:55:08] [Robert Garry] One thing for sure an outbreak will make or break a lot of people. Count Alina, Frankie and Covidfaker in the broke category... [2021-01-02 18:25:13] [Eddie Holmes] Jesus, will they ever shut up about the miners? Fuck me. Yes, I've spoked to David a few times. He's a good guy: his book will be all zoonoses. There are going to be a lot of books... [2021-01-02 18:37:59] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-01-02 18:37:59] Hopefully, when the Cambobat CoV paper comes out it will provide an opportunity to driven another stake thru the heart of the miner/RaTG13 BS. Ed Yong is apparently on break, but there are a few other reporters with the chops to get that story correct. [2021-01-02 18:38:00] [Eddie Holmes] @Robert Garry Eric Topol just tweeted about your Virological.org post so expect a lot of coverage! Outstanding piece of work. [2021-01-02 18:38:31] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-01-02 18:37:59] @Robert Garry I'm pushing on this. A little tricky... [2021-01-02 18:45:28] [Robert Garry] Thanks! @Kristian Andersen was right thou - just the kind of nerd "work" that makes me happy. [2021-01-03 06:41:54] [Robert Garry] It's still not clear to me what the WHO team hopes to "investigate." Are they going to seize lab notebooks, go into hospitals and examine patient records, recover deleted files from computers? Not happening. They also not going to collect any samples or do any experiments. Are they going to simply try [and fail] to write a "better" version of PO1? It's no wonder the general public is confused, especially with politicians like Trump and reporting like The Mail. Another more mainstream example of reporting on the WHO team's Mission Impossible: https://www.theaustralian.c om.au/world/the-times/coronavirus-scientists-cast-doubt-on-who[...]gin-in-wuhan/news-story/973a5f1a0b0c460535e a012a254740c2 [2021-01-03 08:36:11] [Robert Garry]