Caution, Please
I guess we all remember how researchers recently recreated the 1918 Spanish Flu in a laboratory. Here are November 26 and 27 opinion pieces from the New York Daily News, one against such research, and one for it. As you might suspect, I am in favor of the former position. In fact, the con piece is very interesting, outlining instances in which experimental viruses have escaped in the past. Of course that’s my biggest fear, especially in this day and age when scientists are working with such potentially volatile genetic material.
Tags: pandemic, Bird Flu, vaccine, virus, H5N1, flu, 1918 flu, Spanish flu, influenza
Blogcurry.com was interesting today.
I guess we all remember how researchers recently recreated the 1918 Spanish Flu in a laboratory. Here are November 26 and 27 opinion pieces from the New York Daily News, one against such research, and one for it. As you might suspect, I am in favor of the former position. In fact, the con piece is very interesting, outlining instances in which experimental viruses have escaped in the past. Of course that’s my biggest fear, especially in this day and age when scientists are working with such potentially volatile genetic material.
Tags: pandemic, Bird Flu, vaccine, virus, H5N1, flu, 1918 flu, Spanish flu, influenza
Blogcurry.com was interesting today.
posted by Ed Bremson, MFA @ 10:39 AM
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