it has been going on longer than five years.

i saw a thread at least three years ago about how many microbiologists had suddenly died over the past several years.

i don't remember the site. but, it had detailed info and it is very unlikely this many of them could suddenly die because the list was very long.

i had an online friend in india who was graduating in microbiology because they (dunno who they was, the college?) told students there was a big need in this field. so he selected it. i'm not saying his college was in on it. i'm just saying they noticed there were a lot of job openings in that area.