[opensourcepharma] Draft Open Ebola Letter

Mon Aug 18 14:13:18 UTC 2014

I like it, and signed the letter. Thanks,

Bernard

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Matthew Todd <mattoddchem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Further to Els's very interesting suggestion, here's Draft 1.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qD0-CLlBKp_6COmMUffZp9mp4NwJGlmcwb5Jjt_wDA/edit?usp=sharing
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> Edit away or comment, here or on the document itself. It needs to be
> short! I think given who it's addressed to it needs to be clearly a
> recommendation of the idea, rather than a direct appeal for any funding. We
> can do a lot here in advance of any up-front financial commitment, but
> which may lead to more substantial efforts later that require dollars.
>
> I'd suggest the letter come from a defined group of us, and when published
> we could ask for wider expressions of support somewhere, from the public.
>
> It feels like we'd have more impact with the support of an Ebola
> researcher - we are addressing the letter to one of the discoverers of the
> virus, I understand, so maybe that's the way to do it.
>
> Els - do you have a venue for this, and a way to alert people to it?
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> Best,
>
> M
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