“That he would publish this, at this time, and in the NYT, reflects the enormous tension that must exist today within the CDC bureaucracy.
Not really. He has published scary stories before: http://www.nyu.edu/intercep/lapietra/Osterholm_PreparingforPandemic.pdf “
Dr. Osterholm has been talking about/publishing scary stories for a long time. I remember listening to him speak in the 1990’s at a conference I was attending. He was discussing the book “The Hot Zone” and warning about the dangers of Ebola if it began to mutate.
AND, isn't that what it is doing right now ? According to the article it is mutating at an unprecedented rate.