It is fascinating isn't it. The more I get feedback from across the world on my work, the more I realize just how seminal those 11 days of posting by MA were.
It opened a floodgate that not only empowered people with an avenue for investigation, but in many ways gave validity to the thoughts that were inside of them - thoughts that had no audience to listen nor forum to speak.
It is rare that we get to meet a person who changed the world in their lifetime, and I have always felt very honored to have spent the time I did with her.
A few years back, there was a Marburg outbreak in Africa. FR had running threads on that filled with posters who rarely posted on anything else. Years later, it turned many were doctors researching the bug who had wandered over because of MA, and stayed.