It would appear that that mr virus graph is leveling off is then going extinct or is that too much anthropomorphizing for you.pic.twitter.com/G8VRqdBdO1
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I might be missing your point, I would only say that 'past events' (is data not theory). Data is data, it might not be 'good' or 'bad' but instead inconvenient truth. Principles underlying data, and adjusting those principles as we move along would be more optimal. See Levitt.
Of course, in terms of debates around empirical data vs modeling theory I am making reference to Marc Lipsitch at Harvard and Michael Levitt at Stanford.
More refinement and nuance by Marc Lipsitch on his take. Pretty sure Levitt has his own take as well. http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science#.XrrGUCxIJYc.twitter …
Here is the article that Lipsitch is responding to.https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/jonathan-fuller-models-v-evidence …
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