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SLACK_001108 This worries me. It would mean going through Daszak and that would reduce the objectiveness of the paper. Better if Jon Cohen did it. Also, I have to say, I looked at the paper yesterday and I thought it had gotten a lot worse. There are just too many cooks. I'm not really keen on the way it is heading. [Eddie Holmes] We can't resolve every issue here and we shouldn't even try. I thought the aim was just to point out that there is evidence for natural origin that should not be ignored. [Kristian Andersen] The paper is definitely too long at the moment, but I think can be cut significantly - I think the first part is quite good, no? I haven't gotten a chance to look at the later sections because, yes, too long. Focus should be on getting the main points down and then the rest can go in the separate document / website. Please feel free to take an axe to it Eddie :wink: . [Eddie Holmes] Needs a big axe. I'll see if I have time later. [Eddie Holmes] We can't have Daszak anywhere near this [Kristian Andersen] I wish more people would listen to this. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=d7kRxmEgzbQ&t=241 1s [Eddie Holmes] Yes, it's good. I've found something... [Eddie Holmes] On Jan 4th 2020 my spi sent me this: [Eddie Holmes] shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-05-30 at 3.22.44 pm.png [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, makes sense, no? 4991 is RaTG13 [Eddie Holmes] So, clearly someone at WIV had tipped him off and told him the virus was like 4991...which is clearly RaTG13. So, that's 2 days after Shi sequenced. [Eddie Holmes] On the 6th he sent me this: