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SLACK_001207 [Eddie Holmes] Should be redacted as should all of my reply. Had nothing to do with Fauci. [Eddie Holmes] As I don't think Fauci will be able to release party emails we'll probably get another FOIA request now. They'll probably be distracted for a bit now because the WHO thing is out in Nature tomorrow. What will drive them nuts. [Andrew Rambaut] Other than sending this to Jeremy and Tony, did we email around each other? I think we were all on Slack by then? [Eddie Holmes] Not sure. Because Jeremy was involved we did it through email. It didn't take us long. [Andrew Rambaut] But none of the banter, speculation about who it might be, I think? Will check but I am pretty sure it is all on this channel. Update: not much in email but there is this.. [Andrew Rambaut] shared file(s): image.png [Andrew Rambaut] As you say, the 'Here are the facts:' reply is good should it ever get out [Andrew Rambaut] And there is a thread with Jeremy and a WT person (presumably WT not covered by FOI so it would just be an FOI to us and currently we are not releasing). [Andrew Rambaut] Jon's reply to us was good too: From: Jon Cohen a: Subject: Re: The authors who wrote the paper saying that SARS-CoV-2 is not human engineered first tried convincing Anthony Fauci of the opposite. Date: 29 July 2020 at 9:57:57 am AEST. To: Edward Holmes I.au> Cc: "Kristian G. ar: Jeremy Farrar i visor: Thanks Eddie and Kristian. I was not planning on writing about this, but your accounting is interesting and, for what it's worth, convincing. Whoever wrote this--and I have no idea who the person is--has some inside knowledge about something or another. When I was covering the HIV origin debates, one question kept returning to people who pushed different theories that were possible but not probable: What, exactly, would it take to convince you? I think science is a generous process. It says, show me evidence that differs from what I think and I will change my mind. It's not religion. Some people take advantage of this generosity. They push beliefs, not theories, and when