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Only a virologist should tell another virologist what to do. Got it.

• teh_klev 5y ago
  Nope, a panel of virologists and related researchers with the same scientific understanding in the field should make these decisions.
  • djenendik 5y ago
    It's ok to have wishful thinking. Plenty of grants include virologists and epidemiologists, so your proposal isn't practical.
    • teh_klev 5y ago
      Sure, they could provide anecdotal input based on past outbreaks, but they don't have the biological expertise to decide solely on what research should or could be carried out.
      • djenendik 5y ago
        Anecdotally, that's not my experience with epi people. A fair few come from a bio/medicine background with a sufficient amount of experience in wet lab and theory to be considered a 'double threat'. Choose your own team.
        • teh_klev 5y ago
          "Anecdotally"
          • djenendik 5y ago
            That was a reference to your previous comment. Does anecdotal count for nothing? Fine, run a survey of virologists and epidemiologists and report the intersection of set. It will not be arbitrarily small.
            • djenendik 5y ago
              I looked through the grant. To my eye, I consider some of the participants as epidemiologists.
  • tommymachine 5y ago
    Imagine if the same rule were applied to international bankers, military generals, or plumbers. Why should a virologist be able to have a say as to which part of his plumbing system I work on? Leave that up to a panel of like-minded plumbers to decide for him.