Flu Lab Set to Open for 1918 Pandemic Virus Reconstruction
Edward Hammond, of the Austin, Texas-based Sunshine Project:
"They handle viruses that could kill tens of millions of people."
Kawaoka plans to study several kinds of flu viruses in the institute — including H5N1, the bird flu virus circulating in Asia, and a reconstructed version of the 1918 flu virus, which killed some 50 million people when it spread worldwide.
Though bird flu has dropped off the national news radar, Kawaoka said... a single genetic change could make the virus capable of spreading easily among people, Kawaoka said. If that happens, experts say the virus could be more dangerous than the 1918 flu.
Just why are they tinkering with such a slate-wiper? -- Mike Rivero, What Really Happened"
"They handle viruses that could kill tens of millions of people."
Kawaoka plans to study several kinds of flu viruses in the institute — including H5N1, the bird flu virus circulating in Asia, and a reconstructed version of the 1918 flu virus, which killed some 50 million people when it spread worldwide.
Though bird flu has dropped off the national news radar, Kawaoka said... a single genetic change could make the virus capable of spreading easily among people, Kawaoka said. If that happens, experts say the virus could be more dangerous than the 1918 flu.
H5N1 "is still spreading," Kawaoka said."
And you are going to help it along, 'eh, mad doctor?
Just why are they tinkering with such a slate-wiper? -- Mike Rivero, What Really Happened"
