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People keep making this mistake. A medical degree here is about as relevant as asking a mechanic to opine on metallurgy.

I see your point but a well practiced mechanic in the right subset of the field (i.e not automotive) is going to have picked up a lot of knowledge to the point where only the most arcane gotchas are likely to get them.

Why would someone with a medical degree be able to verify the works of research biologists?

This comes from a team led by a woman whose credentials in this field are very nearly impeccable.

Not to mention, this article is pretty much information that we have no ability to act on. This is more like something you read and go "Huh, that's interesting" and then move on. It's an indicator that we're learning more. It doesn't need approval from your General Practitioner.

Agree 100%. My reaction was to the comments, not the article itself.

Medical degree is a generalist. They focus more on pathophysiology than molecular biology.

What you want is a molecular biologist or even better a virologist.

Yes please, a virologist. An epidemiologist too.

Maybe Dr. Oz can help! (joking!)