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international partners, including China. Despite what I am sure are your best intentions, I doubt your letter will help that process. We have all been receiving a lot of requests from journalists wanting us to comment on your letter. I have largely refrained from responding, however, I have included some prepared comments below that you may encounter. Best,Kristian ``` [2021-05-12 13:57:49] [Eddie Holmes] The Science letter will surely feed this https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/going-viral-how-a-book-on-amazon-inspired-the-latest-covid-conspiracy-202105 12-p57r6e.html [2021-05-12 14:06:51] [Robert Garry] Good reporting - I hope to see more like this as RelBloomshit hits the newscycle. [2021-05-12 14:18:24] [Eddie Holmes] Well - confidentially - no CoV yet but these pangos sure carry a lot of viruses: [shared file(s): tree_v8_rename.pdf] [2021-05-12 14:20:06] [Kristian Andersen] Fake. [2021-05-12 14:22:28] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, the shanbavirus was my idea. Nice touch I thought. [2021-05-12 14:25:21] [Robert Garry] Some of the pango RSV look a lot like human RSV - did we get it from them or did we give it to them? [2021-05-12 14:28:18] [Andrew Rambaut] Looks good @Kristian Andersen - only comment would be to say 'despite what is asserted in your letter' (rather than 'alleged') and possibly 'co-signatories' in the second sentence. [2021-05-12 14:38:36] [Eddie Holmes] The scale bar on that tree is deceptive but I will ask. [2021-05-12 14:55:37] [Kristian Andersen] This is funny - replace Peter and I with the likes of Jamie himself... [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-12 at 14.54.36.png] [2021-05-12 15:02:46] [Eddie Holmes] WTF is he talking about? [2021-05-12 15:04:24] [Eddie Holmes] @Robert Garry Just say your Virological post. Great idea to get your retaliation in first! Sorry that I did not have a chance to comment before it went it. I'll check about those two RSV sequences. Either way, it highlights the risk of the wildlife trade.