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[2021-02-08 12:18:44] [Eddie Holmes] If they do find seropositive animal samples how long before the first 'they spiked the samples' tweets from Boston? [2021-02-08 12:31:40] [Robert Garry] Just listened to some of the Alina podcast. She's vacuous, but also cleverly evasive. I am coming around [OK I'm already at] to Andrew's point that they really need to be boxed into a corner and made to come up with some specifics. Most important is that you need a very close relative (99% or better) to get to SARS-CoV-2 by any sort of GOF research. Also blow up the notion that lab origins is not a conspiracy theory. It is. [2021-02-08 12:39:11] [Robert Garry] The Puppet Master was one of the first supervillains faced by the the Fantastic Four. I remember it well back in 1963.... No resemblance to Eddie [2021-02-08 12:39:37] [Robert Garry] Maybe a little? [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-02-08 12:41:45] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-02-08 12:41:45] Oh, I'm going to be using that! [2021-02-08 12:42:43] [Eddie Holmes] Linfa's paper that is out in Nat Comms tomorrow... keep in conference [shared file(s): Nat Comm_Author Proof-LW210208.pdf] [2021-02-08 12:52:41] [Kristian Andersen] Only read the abstract, but definitely interesting paper. [2021-02-08 12:54:02] [Eddie Holmes] Thai pangolin [2021-02-08 13:06:23] [Robert Garry] Yeah it's the ACE2 - blockade of binding assaY [ACE2BOB] - [2021-02-08 13:06:57] [Robert Garry] Can add the full reference to the virological post - full credit for a nice work. [2021-02-08 13:08:41] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-02-08 12:41:45] @Eddie Holmes Let me see if I can find a better one... [2021-02-08 13:09:22] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-02-08 13:09:22] I dunno - I'm just not seeing it... [shared file(s): image.png]