That's one looser in a field of thousands.
Yes researchers are competitive, the ones who do the least make the most noise. But the worker bees keep the egotists in control, the field is flooded with the consciensous. You don't hear about them.
No, I believe you. These are the ones who make sure that everything is tidy with an excellent paper trail.
That's the only way to demonstrate the credibility of the work. Sloppiness is not acceptable.
But, there's no way of knowing whether it was Arrogant Ego Scientist or Methodology First Scientist who mapped this thing.
Another thing that just crossed my mind. It's the first vaccine for a virus other than flu, isn't it? I wonder why the flu virus comes in A or B but this one has the four strains they can treat combined.