Thanks! I agree with that overall point--the possibility of accounts being withheld and/or of false inclusions is an interesting one and worthy of discussion.

Thanks! I agree with that overall point--the possibility of accounts being withheld and/or of false inclusions is an interesting one and worthy of discussion. That said, while there are doubtlessly many people who read this article and thought something like "why wouldn't you immediately call out the possibility of curation / manipulation of the data released?", and they're right that it's worthy of calling out, I think the more important fact to remember is that Krebs's work got us here.