Funding for research should just be based on checks to researchers based on (a) potential merit or (b) past performance, rather than long grants.

This is an area where CZI and Gates could change the game. They are ultimately answerable to individuals, not bureaucracies. https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/1245251019354836992">https://twitter.com/firefoxx6...
Given what the virus has already cost the US, what @trvrb & @firefoxx66 did at Nextstrain saved billions of dollars & countless lives.

Using data from Seattle Flu, collected in defiance of FDA, they rang the alarm and showed that CDC numbers were wrong. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/1...
‘It’s Just Everywhere Already’: How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response

A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html
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