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[Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-02-23 15:08:58] @Eddie Holmes I listened and literally fell asleep - so I could have missed mention of Holmes2021. I didn't hear a mention. They did talk about Lin-Fa's NatComm paper in depth but - Sooooo boring and this is coming from someone who is really interested in the topic. Not to mention some chalk screeching on the chalkboard moments of misinformation. [2021-02-24 05:03:23] [Robert Garry] Online abuse will come even though it's all totally innocuous. Since the FoI request IIRC has the clear link in to DRASTIC {same group that released the Baric emails], I'm betting Billy the one-eyed dead lab monkey aka Kevin the U-Tuber will - at the least - have a field-day drawing penises on everyone's heads. Conspiracy Theorists can't help but - well - build conspiracy theories. It's what they do. Alina no doubt will construct a brand new Wall of Crazy to -you know - link all the dots. [2021-02-24 05:05:33] [Robert Garry] Oh - BTW - UoS just this very minute sent me the docs as well. [2021-02-24 05:38:00] [Robert Garry] First pass thru for me but I saw nothing harmful. Shows we gave the lab/cell culture passage theory an honest and very complete look and ultimately - pretty much - rejected. [2021-02-24 06:07:57] [Robert Garry] Pompeo editorial in the WSJ - will post complete copy here when I get to office. [2021-02-24 07:16:41] [Robert Garry] Pompeo [shared file(s): China's Reckless Labs Put the World at Risk - WSJ.pdf] [2021-02-24 07:34:39] [Andrew Rambaut] So much insinuation without actually accusing them of anything [2021-02-24 07:41:25] [Kristian Andersen] Hah, this is sooooo terrible. I'm pretty sure that Pompy looked up "Biosafety Level", thought, "That's some scary shit - let's blame China", and grabbed the keyboard. US politicians (and intelligence) actually used to be widely respected in the world. Boy, has that gone downhill. [2021-02-24 07:44:38] [Kristian Andersen] We now have an "NYC" variant... Sigh. Any concerns about any of these mutations - especially the ORF1s? [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-02-24 at 7.38.07 AM.png] [2021-02-24 07:45:20] [Kristian Andersen] Here's the report on it - rising in NYC (yes, of course there's a preprint...) https://outbreak.info/situation-reports?country=United%20States&division=California[...]20York&pango=B .1.526&selected=New%20York&selectedType=division [2021-02-24 08:11:33]