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Could it be that the "lab technician who works with animal testing at Yale" phrasing is meant to muddle this?
That wording phrases it to make it sound like a lower level position and more of an animal handler (or that's the connotation I get) - someone who is more of the rodent handling services type stuff that was just linked a post or two up.
HOWEVER, any technician (or person) working in a lab (including one who publishes) and is doing testing that involves animals also falls under that description, right? It isn't the glamorous way to say it, and it sort of "lessens" their title, but...
I mean, couldn't even Annie fall under that description? She was a technician working in a lab and did testing involving animals...right?
I really wonder if the phrasing is purposely trying to steer one direction over another - to make it look like they are looking another direction.
I see what you're saying here....
and honestly, with all of the jumbled reporting about labs, techs, etc and the fact that the reporters don't seem to understand the intricacies of it all, I am taking all of these reports with a grain of salt. I don't know if the reporters would correctly distinguish between an animal lab tech and a researcher working with animals, since most of the info is being leaked anyway...or so it seems