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Many haven't. SARS-CoV-3 is perhaps already evolving in humans but we will know it only after its emergence.``` What?? [2021-07-09 03:09:49] [Eddie Holmes] I've come across this guy before. I can't quite recall how. He thinks that everything is interconnected. Clearly crazy. I thought another reason that civets were ancestral was that they had very high prevalence: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323399/ [2021-07-09 03:17:35] [Andrew Rambaut] Yeah - and the found SARS in some that lay outside the diversity of humans. [2021-07-09 03:57:19] [Andrew Rambaut] Eddie - what is your current status with your FOI requests? I guess the rules are different in Australia but it might be good to coordinate as my requests are: • All correspondence between you and me from 2019-2021 (my admin has said we narrow this to only those about the lab-escape stuff because they make it clear that is what they are interested in). A second request asking for: • All documents about the "Proximal Origins ..." research project (I am not sure how we will deal with that as it wasn't a research project). [2021-07-09 04:07:31] [Andrew Rambaut] I should say that some of the emails make it clear that you are not part of a conspiracy - this one where you sent me the pictures of the raccoon dogs: [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-07-09 04:37:38] [Eddie Holmes] If asked under UK law my Uni will block any release of these emails. Their case is that they were intended to be sent in confidence and that their release will do me harm (e.g. mental health) because the of the current levels of abuse. Plenty of evidence for that. The Uni have a duty of care. They also say that releasing one will set a precedent for releasing more so they all need to be blocked. [2021-07-09 04:49:42] [Andrew Rambaut] Perhaps I need to get our lawyers to talk to your lawyers? [2021-07-09 04:49:53] [Andrew Rambaut] Given it is both ends of the same set of emails. [2021-07-09 04:56:04] [Eddie Holmes] Yes. That's a good idea. The person they should talk to first is the USYD contact who is Kate Cumming ( ). She's very good. [2021-07-09 04:56:49] [Andrew Rambaut] OK, thanks. Will pass this on. [2021-07-09 04:59:25] [Andrew Rambaut] I am going to try to remember to use my gmail address for all such emails in future.