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[Robert Garry] Important work Gentlemen! Huanan Market and the Other market data are key. Also the smoking raccoon dog and other wild animals in the markets. Lab leak conspiracy theories have to ignore that fact that the majority of cases were linked to markets (plural) where animals susceptible to SC2 were/are sold. China may mot like this spotlight on their traditional dining, preferring the frozen fish outa China memes, but give the WHO team credit for putting the data (like in @Kristian Andersen 11:57 post) in sufficient detail to allow others including !channel address the lab leak conspiracies. [2021-03-30 08:24:42] [Robert Garry] PeterFoodSafety talking about GD sequences being "identical" to early Wuhan sequences. Is this true? [2021-03-30 08:25:57] [Kristian Andersen] No [2021-03-30 08:26:34] [Kristian Andersen] They are(ish) in the RBD [2021-03-30 08:43:27] [Robert Garry] https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remark[...]rt-of-the-international-team-s tudying-the-origins-of-sars-cov-2. The team also visited several laboratories in Wuhan and considered the possibility that the virus entered the human population as a result of a laboratory incident. *However, I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough.* Further data and studies will be needed to reach more robust conclusions. Although the team has concluded that a laboratory leak is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation, potentially with additional missions involving specialist experts, which I am ready to deploy. We will keep you informed as plans progress, and as always, we very much welcome your input. Let me say clearly that as far as WHO is concerned all hypotheses remain on the table. [2021-03-30 09:00:45] [Kristian Andersen] I guess he had to say that - and I can't really disagree with that statement. As long as we stick to the science - and not bs speculation. [2021-03-30 09:09:39] [Robert Garry] Agree - this sounds like pressure from ---- the Biden Administration. [2021-03-30 09:34:56] [Robert Garry] Amy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00865-8"Plenty of animals were sold at the Huanan market. December 2019 records list poultry, badgers, rabbits, giant salamanders, two kinds of crocodiles and more. Chinese officials said that the market didn't sell live mammals or illegal wildlife, the report adds, but also references unverified media reports suggesting that it did, along with photos that Holmes published after a trip there in 2014, of animals such as live raccoon dogs." [2021-03-30 09:35:09] [Robert Garry] Good job @Eddie Holmes [2021-03-30 09:42:32] [Robert Garry] Jamie - not so much https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/other/who-report-on-covid-19-origin-inconclusive-calls-for-fu rther-studies/vi-BB1f7WB8?ocid=BingNewsSearch