Subject: Re: New Board Request
A bit of history:

Loren Cobb started the original pandemic board on TMF several years before COVID. It didn't generate a lot of traffic. Occasional posts about 1918, potential future pandemics, etc. I think there was a blip of activity when Ebola hit the news. Obviously the board became very busy in early 2020, and remained so until TMF closed it.

So I think "pandemics" is a good heading. If we are to be nitpicky, "virology" would be too specific. The Black Death was bacterial, but it was a pandemic too.