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SLACK_001089 [Kristian Andersen] Of course they will Eddie - don't be daft. They'll welcome us with open arms and Zhengli will head the welcome committee. [Robert Garry] Just had a long talk (70 minutes) with Carl Zimmer - brought up some of these points. [Kristian Andersen] Good. Let's hope this can get back on track - but I'm not hopeful in the short term. [Robert Garry] Zimmer writes with Gorman so could go anywhere. [Eddie Holmes] No chance in the short-term [Kristian Andersen] Key. https://twitter.com/acritschristoph/status/1397409973257179138?s=20 [Robert Garry] https://unherd.com/2021/05/what-if-there-was-a-lab-leak/ This tells you all you need to know: "The latest _Wall Street Journal_ story, for example, about three Wuhan researchers allegedly falling suspiciously sick in November, builds on facts revealed by David Asher, former lead investigator for the State Department, in interviews two months ago with both the Australian journalist Sharri Markson and myself." [Robert Garry] BTW- really "fair and balanced" reporting from Birrill. [Kristian Andersen] shared file(s): Fwd: [whcanyt] Statement by President Joe Biden on the Investigation into the Origins of COVID-19 [Robert Garry] My response to Carl same question. Thanks Carl and I too enjoyed the chat. When the WSJ ran their article last Sunday I revisited the reports of the 2-3 sick WIV workers. I need to go off the record for a bit: is a FSO and until last July worked directly with Secretary Pompeo. It was a difficult post -- she's now in ie Knows and has worked with David Asher who is responsible for the intelligence on the 2-3 lab workers and Miles Yu China expert - both are now at the Hudson Institute. It's fair to say in the case of both that their take on Lab Leak is driven by a strong Anti-China bias. Back on the record. The intelligence about the 2-3 lab works being sick and checking into hospital has been disputed. It's also been reported that these workers tested negative for SC2 antibodies. Marion Koopsman a member of the WHO team characterized the cases as no big deal.