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I might make a t-shirt of Bob's list of 20. Of perhaps just 17 in bright red. [2020-06-03 15:50:28] [Andrew Rambaut] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/03/exclusive-coronavirus-began-accident-disease-escaped-chinese/ [2020-06-03 15:53:14] [Eddie Holmes] Ugh. [2020-06-03 15:54:04] [Robert Garry] Yeah - forgot about all the unhelpful stuff re the origins - probably a good 5 or 6 more points for the list. [2020-06-03 15:56:45] [Eddie Holmes] Did you read the paper in question. I don't really see how it supports a lab escape? [2020-06-03 15:58:04] [Andrew Rambaut] It doesn't - but the article explains that it has been watered down apparently. [2020-06-03 15:58:35] [Andrew Rambaut] And a new paper is coming out as soon as they find someone to publish it. [2020-06-03 16:04:57] [Eddie Holmes] Got it. I went straight to the paper. Have you seen the original? I'd love to see what this compelling evidence is. [2020-06-03 16:05:08] [Eddie Holmes] "Henceforth, those who would maintain that the Covid-19 pandemic arose from zoonotic transfer need to explain precisely why this more parsimonious account is wrong before asserting that their evidence is persuasive, most especially when, as we also show, there are puzzling errors in their use of evidence." Is this us? [2020-06-03 16:11:01] [Andrew Rambaut] Presumably. I see a 40K Altmetric. [2020-06-03 16:13:21] [Eddie Holmes] "To remedy the problem, the researchers are developing their own vaccine, produced by Immunor AS, a Norwegian pharmaceutical company led by Mr Sorensen". [2020-06-03 16:14:05] [Andrew Rambaut] Of course they are. [2020-06-03 16:30:39] [Kristian Andersen] Is it this mystery paper? [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-06-03 at 4.30.01 PM.png] [2020-06-03 16:35:27] [Andrew Rambaut]