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It's disgusting. [2021-06-08 11:19:12] [Robert Garry] @Kristian Andersen - thanks for posting the Metzl piece. I will give him credit for becoming more forthwith - at least he's upfront now with clearly laying out that it's a cover-up and conspiracy. I'm more ok with that than the Relman doubletalk. I'm moving this over here to the executive group off record. I just this morning did a long interview for ABC Nightline - they mentioned that Metzl (maybe Relman likely Carrol and Koopsman all) on it. I'm guessing that what Metzl put up there is the same script he gave Nightline. Was I successful in rebutting - we'll see - always at the mercy of what may drop on the cutting room floor. post-interview I got the impression they liked what they heard. Got this from the producer as well. [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-06-08 11:34:41] [Robert Garry] Just saw the other post from Metzl - he's also a liar and thug. [2021-06-08 11:36:16] [Kristian Andersen] Yup - but unfortunately not enough to sue. [2021-06-08 11:40:41] [Robert Garry] Plus you're a public figure. Bar higher. You thereby have to prove actual malice (not just that what was said was false) - in this case perhaps not so difficult. [2021-06-08 11:40:52] [Robert Garry] Sharri as well. [2021-06-08 11:46:01] [Kristian Andersen] We just have to accept that people like Jamie will win in the short-term, knowing that science will ultimately prevail. I'm fine with that. [2021-06-08 11:54:11] [Robert Garry] One of the Bloomshiters co-author with zeynep - just saying... [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-06-08 13:47:20] [Kristian Andersen] Somebody emailed me about this - I'm wondering if we/I should try to engage Gavin Schmidt. He got caught up in the "Climate gate" shit, so he might have some advice.... [shared file(s): E3PTjDjWQAI5T29.jpeg, E3PTvcDXwAEuLAx.jpeg] [2021-06-08 13:53:11] [Robert Garry] Hi Robert, I'm a reporter with the Daily Caller News Foundation. I'm reaching out to all the scientists that worked on the Nature Medicine paper "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2" about an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday by Drs. Steven Quay and Richard Muller claiming the available science suggests a Wuhan lab leak. As one of the scientists that contributed to the paper concluding that no laboratory-based scenario for COVID-19's origins are plausible, I was curious if you had any thoughts on their argument. Are Quay and Mueller missing anything here? My deadline is end of business Wednesday.