Dangerous: It is feared if new details of the avian flu is published, it could be used for bioterrorism.
Scientist Who Created Deliberately Created 'Armageddon' Bird Flu Virus In Lab Says He Will Not Publish Details -- Daily Mail
A super-strain of bird flu that could infect and wipe out millions will not be published by the virologist developers.
Dutch scientists who created ‘probably one of the most dangerous viruses you can make' have agreed to leave out details on how to construct the virus from published reports.
The decision was made after the US government warned releasing the details could be kill millions of people if it was used as a weapon of biological warfare.
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More News On The Decision To Censor And Not Publish Info On How To Develop A Super Flu-Bug
US government urges scientists to censor findings on new strain of bird flu -- The Guardian
Dutch Scientist Agrees to Omit Published Details of Highly Contagious Bird Flu Findings -- ABC News
Request to suppress information on man-made ‘monster virus’ not ‘censorship’: U.S. -- National Post/AFP
Details of Lab-Made Bird Flu Won't Be Revealed -- FOX News/AP
Security in Flu Study Was Paramount, Scientist Says -- New York Times
Bird flu strains should be secret, government says -- SFGate/AP
Gov't wants bird flu research kept under wraps, away from terrorists -- CBS/AP
Bird flu terrorism fear over study’s publication -- Toronto Star
Bird flu: Research row as US raises terror fears -- BBC
Bird flu bioterror risk seen increased by censorship -- Reuters
When it comes to bird flu, nature is the greatest bioterrorist -- Mark Honigsbaum, The Guardian
Should Journals Describe How Scientists Made a Killer Flu? -- Bryan Walsh, Time
My Comment: Talk about a flu pandemic that will end all other flu pandemics. I understand the scientific reasons on why this research was done .... but it is still a horrifying thought that a strain of bird flu now exists that can easily wipe out (within a year) 50% - 70% of the human population. It would make the Black Death of the Middle Ages puny in comparison.
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