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[Kristian Andersen] Seems like she learned a few lessons: https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1391753059504738308?s=20 However, we then end up on this conclusion... It's just dumb. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-10 at 09.49.40.png, Screen Shot 2021-05-10 at 09.51.51.png] [2021-05-10 09:53:43] [Kristian Andersen] And this fucking fake statistics about the likelihood of see CGG_CGG. It's intelligent design / irreducible complexity all over again. [2021-05-10 11:13:40] [Kristian Andersen] Gus is leaving USAMRIID - interesting.... https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2021/biopreparedness-expert-gustavo-palacios[...]gthening-researchcollaborations-with-department-of-defense [2021-05-10 11:15:01] [Robert Garry] Lot of RIID folks already gone....it's a shame in many ways... [2021-05-10 13:30:04] [Eddie Holmes] That letter to Science doesn't actually say anything. [2021-05-10 13:32:47] [Kristian Andersen] Nope. But definitely breaking news. [2021-05-10 13:36:37] [Eddie Holmes] I think it's FOMO for a lot of authors. Appalled by Worobey being on there. I can't see how this will possibly lead to anything. [2021-05-10 13:48:49] [Eddie Holmes] Baric is just trying to cover his ass. Pathetic. The last paragraph is basically 'hey, we're not racists'. [2021-05-10 13:53:58] [Kristian Andersen] "Not racists, however, the Chinese scientists, authorities, and public health officials are lying" [2021-05-10 13:58:43] [Eddie Holmes] But we Americans know better. [2021-05-10 14:02:04] [Robert Garry] There are some clearly false musings: "Although there were no findings in clear support of either a natural spillover or a lab accident, the team assessed a zoonotic spillover from an intermediate host as "likely to very likely," and a laboratory incident as "extremely unlikely" [(4), p. 9]. Half true - as @Kristian Andersen has tweeted there are some clear findings in support of natural origin. [2021-05-10 14:06:37] [Robert Garry]