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I guess they can't get any of us on these days [2020-06-09 08:08:44] [Kristian Andersen] Because she's an expert or something [2020-06-09 08:11:47] [Robert Garry] You're right - she's something. It's MSNBC -Garrett is ~bumbbing~ subbing for Curefinder, who is recovering from ~a panic attack~ "presumptive" COVID-19 [but can't manage to get a positive qPCR or antibody test]. Note: he is not one of us either [a scientist], although he pretends to be one on teevee. [2020-06-09 08:13:01] [Andrew Rambaut] I have always thought that 'curefinder' is a really lame handle. But I guess Nathan has trademarked all the cool ones. [2020-06-09 08:17:33] [Robert Garry] Yes - he went by realvirushunter for a brief time in 2014 after Wolfe fired him in the midst of the Ebola outbreak. He reverted to curefinder after Wolfe pointed out that they had a legal agreement not to troll each other after the "break-up" of Metabiota. Yes, curefinder is especially lame when you haven't - you know - like actually found any cures. [2020-06-09 14:41:56] [Eddie Holmes] @virushunter and metabiota have been quiet through all of this. Is he just counting his cash at home? [2020-06-09 14:43:19] [Andrew Rambaut] Didn't Metabiota transition into a risk consultant for insurance companies? [2020-06-09 14:54:47] [Kristian Andersen] "Metabiota's models incorporate the latest biological, socioeconomic, political and environmental data. We have built the largest infectious disease catalog in the industry, including a 1 million-year stochastic event catalog informed by over 20 million simulations. Validated by experts in the fields of epidemiology and data science, it is the only model of its kind to capture both high-probability and low-probability events" God, sometimes I love America. [2020-06-09 14:59:13] [Andrew Rambaut] Bet he makes shedloads of cash and doesn't have to go out and pretend he is saving the world any more. [2020-06-09 15:01:46] [Kristian Andersen] Made it. [shared file(s): Power Couple.png] [2020-06-09 15:02:31] [Andrew Rambaut] Can you imagine how smug he must look now? [2020-06-09 15:04:09] [Kristian Andersen] I can...