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[2021-05-17 14:31:05] [Robert Garry] Be careful with that tea Eddie... [2021-05-17 14:32:36] [Eddie Holmes] It was a gift from Xi [2021-05-17 14:35:28] [Kristian Andersen] I assume OK with everybody so I'll set it up? [2021-05-17 14:39:50] [Eddie Holmes] :+1: [2021-05-17 16:11:53] [Robert Garry] The Politifact article has been updated with a few paragraphs from Baric. If he was a politician we'd call it flipping and flopping and trying to play both sides. https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/17/debating-origins-covid-19-virus-what-we-know-what-/ [2021-05-17 16:23:51] [Eddie Holmes] Extraordinary. [2021-05-17 16:29:17] [Robert Garry] Yeah - he may be having a second thought or two about signing on to that really really dumb letter. [2021-05-17 16:45:32] [Eddie Holmes] A letter which proposes his collaborators have lied. [2021-05-17 16:49:52] [Kristian Andersen] From the PolitiFact article: "Furthermore, the first cases of the coronavirus occurred in September when cold temperatures drive horseshoe bats into hibernation" Eh, no, actually, November the likely month (December confirmed). And let's not forget - when were the first cases of SARS discovered? That's right, November. [2021-05-17 16:52:56] [Eddie Holmes] Plus why did it come directly from bats? [2021-05-17 17:11:25] [Kristian Andersen] This quote from Joel is :fire: "But not having answers to difficult scientific questions shouldn't force us to default to conspiracy theories," he said. "It took scientists decades of research to find the chimpanzee host populations for the HIV/AIDS pandemic."