Bird flu mutation sparks fears of deadly pandemic
Professor Osterholm said one of the researchers, when he described his work at a conference, said he had done "something really, really stupid" in mutating the virus, describing it as a "very, very dangerous virus".
"I wouldn't like to see smallpox get out of the lab, but if it did it wouldn't overly concern me," Professor Osterholm said. "We could contain it. The same thing is true with SARS.
But influenza would scare the hell out of me, because it is the most notorious, the "Lion King" of transmission."
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