Scientists Brace for Media Storm Around Controversial Flu Studies - ScienceInsider
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a handful of scientists (...) a man-made flu virus that could change world history if it were ever set free.
The virus is an #H5N1 avian influenza strain that has been genetically altered and is now easily transmissible between ferrets, the animals that most closely mimic the human response to flu. Scientists believe it’s likely that the pathogen, if it emerged in nature or were released, would trigger an influenza pandemic, quite possibly with many millions of deaths.