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[Kristian Andersen] Love this bit. I'm pretty darn sure Kristian Andersen took a serious look at SARS2 origin / lab leak before our good friend Yuri. But hey, bad science, right. The piece is shockingly bad - as naive as the questions Wade emailed me in September of last year. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-03 at 8.23.55 AM.png] [2021-05-03 09:08:25] [Robert Garry] @Kristian Andersen Please do respond to JC. Wade is a fool - and, an old fool at that, which makes him the worst kind. I'm pretty sure this "origins" tirade is in some way payback for the terrible reviews that his racist human genetics book got from - you know- actual geneticists. Maybe he didn't like your response to his Sept email. [2021-05-03 09:32:13] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, I wrote back to JC - I'm kinda hoping that one day Jon will be the one writing a proper science journalistic expo on the origins... I let my comms department get back to Wade - might well have pissed him off. [2021-05-03 09:47:26] [Robert Garry] "proper science journalistic expo on the origins" - that would be long overdue! [2021-05-03 10:59:13] [Kristian Andersen] I'm priming Jon.... Let's see. [2021-05-03 11:16:14] [Robert Garry] JC's a smart guy - I think he gets it.... [2021-05-03 13:34:07] [Eddie Holmes] Wade wrote to me at the same time - we discussed it on this channel. I gave him a few vague answers and then declined to reply. He's clearly a nasty old racist. Doubtless he has a book on the way. The claim that our paper is political is obviously stupid. I wouldn't respond directly. [2021-05-03 14:01:29] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-05-03 14:01:29] I would have lost this bet: Melinda would dump Bill (or visa versa) before Melania dumped the Donald. https://www.geo.tv/latest/348600-bill-and-melinda-gates-confirm-divorce-say-they-will-end-their-marriage [2021-05-03 14:06:41] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2021-05-03 14:01:29] @Robert Garry It will be interesting to see the settlement [2021-05-03 14:52:16] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-05-03 14:01:29] @Robert Garry Yeah, what the hell - I'm really surprised about this, although Bill must be exceptionally tiring to be around 24/7.... [2021-05-03 15:11:26]