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[2021-05-15 07:08:18] [Robert Garry] Unrestricted bioweapon. Dr Yan = Dr.Bloom. Raises the question - I'm just asking - is JB getting some bucks from Miles/Bannon. [2021-05-15 07:10:35] [Kristian Andersen] Time to have a version of this with people paid by Bannon and the Russians :zany_face: https://andersenlab.slack.com/files/U0HFUE9E3/F021TNYPSTX/screen_shot_2021-05-13_at_10.51.25_pm.png [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-13 at 10.51.25 PM.png] [2021-05-15 07:15:52] [Kristian Andersen] Bloomshitters getting caught in the web of conspiracy theories :point_down: https://twitter.com/jimmfelton/status/1393299049781018627?s=21 [2021-05-15 16:14:23] [Eddie Holmes] I've got to give this named lecture (relatively big locally) in a few weeks. I don't not sure whether I should: (a) ignore lab escape, (b) mention it's deficiencies politely, or (c) say fuck it and rip to shreds. I'm tempted by (c). I've been advised to keep off Twitter because of this pending FOI court case. [2021-05-15 17:06:10] [Kristian Andersen] Definitely (c). Here - start with this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17btNILyJFQccKCg7xAwETRN5LWo9g6A_haWubrywwIU/edit?usp=sharing [2021-05-15 17:07:05] [Kristian Andersen] Still working on this document, but I think we have a logical structure now and most of the evidence put in. Let's turn this into a talk (you), Twitter thread (me), and then a paper. [2021-05-15 17:08:43] [Kristian Andersen] I'll doodle over this this coming week, adding references, more points, etc. - but if we could all add to it, then I think we have a very good start. One thing we need to see if we can more specifically address - Wuhan. People just can't get over the fact it started there and then they don't look at any of the additional evidence. [2021-05-15 17:15:53] [Eddie Holmes] Right. I'll go over the google doc later today. There's no epidemiological link to the WIV (and people have been searching night and day for > a year). Simple as that. But there is a direct epidemiological link to an animal market in which CoVs have consistently emerged in the past. There is zero evidence that WIV have any virus that's the direct progenitor of SC2. [2021-05-15 17:18:27] [Kristian Andersen] Yup [2021-05-15 17:25:54] [Eddie Holmes] I'll go for a public take down. It will probably go on Youtube so all the parasites will freak out but, frankly, fuck them.