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[Robert Garry] And of course with Hilton [cue the organ music] throw in a little Tony Fauci paid for it! [2021-02-24 12:03:32] [Eddie Holmes] I was thinking of a shorter, more direct response [2021-02-24 12:07:16] [Kristian Andersen] Dear Fox, I suggest Steve looks up "Gain of Function" in a dictionary as a start. I might also suggest an online cause in basic science - edX is a great start. Yours, Eddie [2021-02-24 12:07:56] [Kristian Andersen] "The material is a bit complex to most people without a scientific background..." They totally nailed that part. Hence maybe Steve should not even attempt... [2021-02-24 12:08:36] [Eddie Holmes] Oh, so tempting. [2021-02-24 12:24:47] [Kristian Andersen] Looking through the FOIA material - sad to see all the juicy stuff isn't there. We can assign roles to each character based on this - Bob's clearly "The Nerd", I'm clearly "The Schemer", Butt Lesion "Who?", so we only need Eddie and Andrew... [2021-02-24 12:36:08] [Kristian Andersen] Eddie - "Supreme Commander", Andrew "Part Nerd, Part Schemer". [2021-02-24 12:44:11] [Eddie Holmes] I think I'm more "The Fiddler" than the "Supreme Commander". I don't do leadership well. [2021-02-24 12:51:08] [Kristian Andersen] "The Fiddler" - I like that... I don't know though - I think you do the "Commander" part pretty well. Whether supreme or not, is up for debate.... [2021-02-24 13:00:35] [Kristian Andersen] One question to the FOIA though - I _do_ think we need to make the reviews public as the emails make the Nature connection clear. The original version of the paper is still what's on Virological, correct? [2021-02-24 13:09:00] [Eddie Holmes] I'm not sure we're allowed to do that because (i) they explicitly said that correspondence with the journal was excluded and (ii) we'll need get approval from Nature. But, that does raise an issue of what Nature will think. So, perhaps I should run all these emails by Nature now anyway?