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I'd say this a win for John Snow - triangulation has worked for a couple of hundred years, turns out it still works. [2021-03-30 13:26:54] [Robert Garry] Same thing happened in the African-American communities in New Orleans - we should write a paper. [2021-03-30 13:28:09] [Kristian Andersen] We should. I don't understand why this is not part of the report? (or is it - I'm still not all the way through....). [2021-03-30 13:54:39] [Eddie Holmes] I think I need to avoid all media for 48 hours [2021-03-30 13:56:04] [Robert Garry] I was thinking the same thing. However, I am curious as to what Fauci, Collins etc are going to say. [2021-03-30 13:57:13] [Kristian Andersen] I'm specifically avoiding the media and just focusing on reading the report in depth... There's a lot of really good stuff in there - maybe I missed all of this in the published literature, but I'm learning A LOT about the early outbreak. [2021-03-30 13:58:15] [Robert Garry] https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/95960/eu-statement-who-led-covid-19-origins-study_en [2021-03-30 13:58:30] [Robert Garry] EU somewhat better [2021-03-30 16:20:26] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, better. I wonder whether the WHO think the effort was worth it? I'm not sure much more of this I can take. It's not about science any more. [2021-03-30 16:31:56] [Robert Garry] Eddie you did great with the Amy M - Nature report. If this was the only article re the release of the report, I'd [nearly] declare victory. My guess is that Tedros - who can be all over the place - walks back his implicit criticism of the investigation. Truth will be told. Lab leak krewe including Lipstich and Bloom (sounds like a boutique) esp the latter need to actually take a look at the science. [2021-03-30 16:43:28] [Kristian Andersen] The triangulation nails it for me - deaths and cases being two independent data points. While it doesn't _prove_ anything, it shows that the market (or something around there) was the nucleation point of the pandemic. Sure, it could have gotten from the lab to the market, buuuuuut..... [2021-03-30 16:49:17] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, that's very instructive. Great work. I'm too tired to think about it right now. [2021-03-30 16:57:29]