Dutch Scientists Create Killer Flu Virus
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t-scared because they want to publish details of how they did it. I'm more angry that they used ferrets to experiment on. I know I'm just a soppy animal lover, but if anyone had seen how much a ferret suffers when they have flu, I might not be alone.Heard this story on the radio this morning. These scientist folk are given tasks to do and many seem to like to 'push the envelope' to see what they can create.
Supposed to be creating a vaccine for the basic H5N1 strain of bird flu and instead create a super strength version that could kill tens of millions.... because they can?
I particularly like the end piece on the story where they stated 'the virus that could wipe out half the globe is being kept locked in a rotterdam basement'
What next?....Scientists looking for a cure for the common cold have instead created an army of flesh eating murderous zombies but not to worry as they are being kept in a 2 bed flat in the hague secured by a bike lock?
Supposed to be creating a vaccine for the basic H5N1 strain of bird flu and instead create a super strength version that could kill tens of millions.... because they can?
I particularly like the end piece on the story where they stated 'the virus that could wipe out half the globe is being kept locked in a rotterdam basement'
What next?....Scientists looking for a cure for the common cold have instead created an army of flesh eating murderous zombies but not to worry as they are being kept in a 2 bed flat in the hague secured by a bike lock?
davido140 said:
How about they wait until they've made the vaccine before they announce the recipe of how to make it?
They are scientists. They can't wait to be published on any space they can get. If it won't be in a peer reviewed journal they would like it on their toilet paper at least.davido140 said:
sinizter said:
They made it to study how viruses could mutate and to study how create a vaccine.
How about they wait until they've made the vaccine before they announce the recipe of how to make it?Plus now you are going to have the doom merchants saying it'll escape and we'll all die.
Not to mention terrorists looking to acquire it.
Just seems like outright stupidity to me.
He was studying mutations in H1N5 - that's the 'why they did it'. The sort of stuff it's very important to understand. Before this study it was thought that the H1N5 strain was very, very unlikely to transmit from mammal to mammal even after a relatively large number of mutations. It is now known that this isn't the case. They used ferrets because ferrets are a good model for human transmission of flu viruses.
It's not a 'recipe'. The idea that the release of his paper makes it more likely that some terrorist cell are going to breed it in their kitchen is, in my opinion, ludicrous.
It's not a 'recipe'. The idea that the release of his paper makes it more likely that some terrorist cell are going to breed it in their kitchen is, in my opinion, ludicrous.
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