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Being a "badass" is something I don't exactly look for when I try to think of who should develop substances that are injected to my blood circulation.

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Yeah, I'm looking for a rock star full stack virologist.

I think you can pouch someone from the broctor culture.

So, you mean Pardis Sabeti [0], Ebola researcher and lead singer of Thousand Days [1] [2].

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardis_Sabeti

[1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahibadi/sets/72157605798942179

[2] http://www.thousanddays.com/

Well goddamn, you found one.

There's a recent profile on her in the New Yorker.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/ebola-wars

You, sir, just made my day.

Yes, of course that's who I meant.

On the other hand this is exactly the kind of people you wish for when something like the 1918 flu pandemic will happen again.

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