Yes, the article describes how certain &quot;viruses&quot; have learned how to beat the current immune system.  That just means the immune system needs to evolve to address the new threats.<p>In nature, immune systems evolve based on natural selection.  We need to keep trying new things and see what works.  Maybe &quot;peer review&quot; needs to extend not only to individual papers, but to scientists and institutions themselves.  Maybe their reputation needs to be evaluated over time so that a scientist who has been &quot;infected&quot; then has a standing presumption against their work until they can overwhelmingly demonstrate they are &quot;healed.&quot;<p>This idea might be good or might be terrible, but I believe that we should be trying things like this to see if any of them stick and cause more good than harm.