*From March, 2019. *
*Looks like this chicken has come home to roost.* *MCM* 163,569 views|Mar 4, 2019,07:30am EST Scientists Resume Efforts To Create Deadly Flu Virus, With US Government's Blessing [image: Steven Salzberg] <https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/> Steven Salzberg <https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/>Contributor Healthcare <https://www.forbes.com/healthcare> - - - [image: Cartoon of avian influenza.] Cartoon of avian influenza. GETTY For more than a decade now, two scientists–one in the U.S. and one in the Netherlands–have been trying to create a deadly human pathogen from avian influenza <https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2013/08/08/scientists-will-create-a-deadly-new-flu-strain-just-to-prove-they-can/>. That's right: they are trying to turn "bird flu," which does not normally infect people, into a human flu. Not surprisingly, many scientists are vehemently opposed to this. In mid-2014, a group of them formed the Cambridge Working Group and issued a statement <http://www.cambridgeworkinggroup.org/> warning of the dangers of this research. The statement was signed by hundreds of scientists at virtually every major U.S. and European university. *(Full disclosure: I am one of the signatories.)* In response to these and other concerns, in October 2014 the U.S. government called for a "pause" in this dangerous research <https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/17/doing-diligence-assess-risks-and-benefits-life-sciences-gain-function-research> . NIH Director Francis Collins said <https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-funding-pause-certain-types-gain-function-research> that his agency would study the risks and benefits before proceeding further. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-mB84%2BU5B6igHW7UntsArbF7ZB%3DjSGqPTBBnbhzN0s3w%40mail.gmail.com.
