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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by estearum on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:28AM (#45502816)
Which literally won't happen because the information does not exist in the world. Unless you're expecting a Chinese researcher to identify themselves as patient 0.

So your fixation on root causing is having precisely the effect that I mention, which is preventing mitigation.

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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by timschmidt on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:34AM (#45502874)
> So your fixation

Friend, I don't seem to be the one with a fixation here. Please avoid personal attacks.

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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by estearum on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:36AM (#45502908)
Your declared imperative? Your stated goal? Your admitted priority?

It's not a personal attack, it is referring to a belief that you stated you have.

Not sure what's triggering about "fixation" but feel free to swap out any of the above phrases.

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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by timschmidt on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:39AM (#45502953)
> declared imperative? Your stated goal? Your admitted priority?

No, I'm not sure any of those phrases fit a casual conversation on a message board.

> Not sure what's triggering

Are you triggered? I'm not triggered. I just posted a link, and responded when prompted.

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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by estearum on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @09:43AM (#45502992)
Huh, if you don't believe it's important to discover the origin of COVID then I'm not sure what we've been talking about. Have a good day!
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Re:The NIH ordered me to stop my 'dangerous' gain-of-functio... by timschmidt on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @10:22AM (#45503420)
I'm not sure what you've been talking about either! Seems like you have beef with someone about epidemiology. I don't know who. Or maybe you're just burnt out on discussion of the topic, which happens. Others of us are not. And that is OK.
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