hypothesis

Develop a hypothesis, test the hypothesis and try to disprove it.

But testing a hypothesis is not as simple as conducting a single experiment.

There is a scientific hypothesis called the “original antigenic sin” that suggests that a person’s first exposure to a particular virus “may sort of kind of set the tone” for that person’s immune system going forward — so this worker’s first flu exposure may have provided his immune system with the defenses needed to suppress H5N1.

She said the police’s initial hypothesis was that Ms Sturgess and Mr Rowley had ingested drugs cut with pesticides, and this had caused them to overdose.

Because of this hypothesis, she asked Wiltshire Police’s media team to send out a press release on July 2 warning of a potential “bad batch” of drugs.