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Yes, I was going to decline. We should focus on a group paper for a leading mainstream journal. [2021-05-18 04:02:50] [Andrew Rambaut] Agree [2021-05-18 05:59:01] [Robert Garry] [thread - ID: 2021-05-18 01:27:55] @Eddie Holmes Perhaps telling that I got it too, but simply failed to bother to click on it. [2021-05-18 06:06:16] [Robert Garry] Just an FYI - I did go ahead and submit the virological post as a tech comment to Science. As you know, Science requires that you send it to the authors for comment, so I sent to the Bloom and Relman. JB sent this: Hi Bob, Thanks for reaching out, and hope all is well. I look forward to reading your thoughts about this. We will look over your comment and get back to you as soon as possible. Apologies if it ends up taking a day or two: because have a substantial number of co-authors on the letter, we need to make sure we adequately check with others before sending anything that could be construed as a group response. --Jesse ---- Jesse Bloom Associate Professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center Affiliate Associate Professor, Genome Sciences & Microbiology, University of Washington Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute [2021-05-18 06:17:10] [Robert Garry] Also - Vince R asked me to do a TWiV on origins (he did mention hearing the Bob's Bullocks podcast) - I'm assuming he may have reached out to @Kristian Andersen. Even though he gets a lot wrong, I might do it... [2021-05-18 06:47:07] [Andrew Rambaut] Ask him whether he thinks there is ZERO chance that B.1.1.7 is more transmissible. [2021-05-18 06:49:50] [Kristian Andersen] [thread - ID: 2021-05-18 01:27:55] @Eddie Holmes Me too.... Not responding to it. [2021-05-18 06:53:32] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, do TWIV Bob. Vince did not contact me, but it's worth you going. The evidence doc will be useful... [2021-05-18 06:53:32] [Robert Garry] VR also thought that Bas-Congo virus was going to be the next Ebola - hopefully though an opportunity to counter some Bloomshit. Just need to not go quite as far with the rhetoric as Bill G. @Kristian Andersen may have to do some coaching/intervention for some restraint. It actually is the problem - responding tit-for-tat to the likes of eDim - for example - obscures who the crazy person is. [2021-05-18 06:57:38] [Robert Garry]