I'd suggest this virologist actually does understand her field quite well. You're in the awkward position of arguing that an expert in a field doesn't understand what she is doing while citing evidence to support yourself that you (by construction) don't have. It is equally likely - actually quite a bit more likely - that we do have a huge number of improvements over current best-practice stuck in labs because people are insisting on damaging levels of certainty rather than letting people try things. This woman seemed fairly confident that she could achieve an improvement on clinical best practice.
There are risks, but having cancer is a risky business right from the get go.
There are risks, but having cancer is a risky business right from the get go.