CLG_Flu_Oddities

Bird flu mutation studies dangerous

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:33:59 -0500

A scientist researching a potentially highly lethal airborne version of the H5N1 bird flu virus said on Wednesday he must be allowed to pursue his studies if deadly pandemics are to be prevented. 25 Jan 2012 Despite declaring last week a 60-day moratorium on the studies to allay security fears, Yoshihiro Kawaoka argued in a commentary in the journal Nature it was urgent and vital that his work continue. Kawaoka, of Tokyo University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, is a lead researcher on one of two recent studies showing how H5N1 can be transmitted through airborne droplets, and his work is at the centre of an international row over whether its findings should be censored.

Epidemic fears see bird flu doctors halt research

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:40:50 -0500

Influenza experts have agreed to a two-month voluntary ban on research into a highly dangerous strain of bird-flu virus because of fears that it may escape from their laboratories to cause a global human epidemic. 21 Jan 2012 In a joint letter to the journals Science and Nature, 39 researchers from around the world emphasise that their laboratories are safe and secure but they nevertheless acknowledge that there is grave public concern about the accidental or deliberate release of an "airborne" strain of H5N1 avian influenza which could be transmitted easily between people.

Bioterror fears halt research on mutant bird flu

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:40:10 -0500

Scientists who created a more deadly strain of bird flu have temporarily stopped their research amid fears it could be used by bioterrorists. 20 Jan 2012 In a letter published in Science and Nature, the researchers call for an "international forum" to debate the risks and value of the studies. US authorities last month asked the authors of the research to redact key details in forthcoming publications. A government advisory panel suggested the data could be used by terrorists. [In psychology, we call that projection.]

More labs close to deadly bird flu mutations: researcher

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:34:08 -0500

An international debate over whether to censor new research on bird flu may soon prove academic, as other laboratories close in on similar findings showing how one of the most deadly viruses could mutate to be transmitted from one person to another. 19 Jan 2012 Bird flu is already one of the most deadly, though it can only be acquired through contact with infected birds. The potential for it to pass between people, through sneezes and coughs, sparks fears of a global pandemic worse than the 1918-19 Spanish flu outbreak that killed an estimated 20 million to 40 million people.

Cambodian toddler dies from bird flu: WHO

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:25:45 -0500

A two-year-old Cambodian boy has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, in the country's first fatality from the virus this year.18 Jan 2012 The child, from northwestern Banteay Meanchey province, fell ill on January 3 and was taken to hospital where he tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza. He died on January 18, the WHO said on Thursday. "The boy is the 19th person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus; to date, 17 of these cases have died from complications of the disease," the UN health agency said on its website.

Obama's Office, CIA repeatedly accessed CLG H5N1 'secret lab' article

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:03:52 -0500

Obama's Office, CIA repeatedly accessed CLG H5N1 'secret lab' article Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 17 Jan 2012 Executive Office of the President, U.S. government agencies and 'friends' such as The Boeing Co., have accessed "Kobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 'secret' lab" by Robert S. Finnegan. Barack Obama's Office accessed the article multiple times, according to CLG website logs.

Kobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 'secret' lab

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:02:40 -0500

Emails from Kobe virologist and H5N1-H1N1 virus creator, Teridah Ernala Ginting --Story in e-mails: Kobe University PhD student Teridah Ernala confesses to creating H1N1-H5N1 "novel" viruses; Yoshihiro Kawaoka's virus thief Akiko Makino lies to Indonesian authorities to avoid arrest for attempted smuggling of H5N1 out of Indonesia, gives authorities another university as research facility she works for By Robert S. Finnegan 05 Jan 2012 This young Indonesian "scientist" through the years of our contact revealed to me the inner-workings of her "secret" lab at Kobe University and a new BSL-4 in Tokyo that was working on H5N1 and H1N1 viruses, among others. Kobe University does NOT officially have a BSL-4 lab, and yet this microbiologist was assigned by her professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka to work on recombinant H5N1 and H1N1 in a "secret" (her words) lab at their facility.

Killer flu doctors: US censorship is a danger to science

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:24 -0500

Dutch lab that created deadly bird flu virus attacks America for redacting its research. 16 Jan 2012 America should not be allowed to dominate the debate over who controls sensitive scientific information that could be misused in biowarfare terrorism, say the scientists who created a highly dangerous form of bird-flu virus in a study that has been partially censored by the US government. Ron Fouchier and Ab Osterhaus of Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam accept recommendations by the US government's National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which said key details of their US-funded research should not be published because [US] bioterrorists may use the information to cause a bird-flu pandemic.

Fears over outbreak after 12 infected with new swine flu strain in U.S.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:54:07 -0500

Twelve Americans have been reported infected with a mutating and now possibly human-to-human transmitted form of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus called H3N2v.12 Jan 2012 An investigation undertaken by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that human infections of these viruses followed contact with swine as well as through 'limited human-to-human transmission.' 'While there is no evidence that sustained human-to-human transmission is occurring, all influenza viruses have the capacity to change and it's possible that this virus may become widespread,' the CDC explained through their website.

DHS command center monitors websites that cover bird flu, cybercrime

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:53:25 -0500

The monitoring scheme also features a five-page list of websites the Department's command center expected to be monitoring. 11 Jan 2012 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, according to a government document. A "privacy compliance review" issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its national operations center has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" which involves regular monitoring of "publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards." Among blogs and aggregators on the list are ABC News' investigative blog "The Blotter;" blogs that cover bird flu [LOL! Have at it, maggots]; several blogs related to news and activity along U.S. borders (DHS runs border and immigration agencies); blogs that cover drug trafficking and cybercrime; and websites that follow wildfires in Los Angeles and hurricanes.

China calls for calm after man dies from bird flu

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:52:42 -0500

Shenzhen Disease Control Centre still trying to find out where man acquired virus 01 Jan 2012 Health authorities in southern China are urging residents not to panic after a man who contracted the bird flu virus died at the weekend, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday. The man, surnamed Chen, died on Saturday in Shenzhen -- a boomtown that borders Hong Kong where thousands of chickens have already been culled after three birds tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus in mid-December.

CDC: We are tracking swine flu virus in five states and we expect more

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:51:44 -0500

[LOL! Of course you do, since you created it.] 24 Dec 2011 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it has identified the second case of human infection of swine flu. Since August, 12 people have been infected with the virus, called H3N2, in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. CDC officials announced that they found another case of human infection with a swine-origin H3N2 virus, this time in a child from West Virginia.

U.S. finds new human infection with swine H3N2 flu

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:44:19 -0500

H3N2 case is 12th in five states reported in U.S. since this new virus first spotted in July 23 Dec 2011 U.S. public health officials have found another case of human infection with a swine-origin H3N2 virus, this time in a child from West Virginia. And they also reported finding a human infection with a new swine influenza virus never before seen in humans, in a person in Wisconsin who had contact with pigs. The investigation into West Virginia case suggests the child was infected by another person and that some amount of human-to-human spread of the [US-created] virus took place in the unnamed community where the child lives, according to details released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Too late to contain killer flu science, say experts

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:43:31 -0500

US government's hopes of suppressing details of [its] controversial research may be doomed, say scientists 22 Dec 2011 Attempts to suppress details of the controversial experiments that have created a highly infectious form of bird flu virus are likely to fail, according to scientists familiar with the research. The US government has asked two scientific journals to refrain from publishing key parts of research on the H5N1 strain of bird flu to prevent the information falling into the hands of [US] terrorists intent on recreating the same flu strain for use as a bioweapon. However, scientists said the plea comes too late because the information has already been shared widely among flu researchers.

Scientists defend 'Armageddon virus' secrecy

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:40:43 -0500

Top US scientists have defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global co-operation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic. 22 Dec 2011 Meanwhile, scientists involved in the experiments said they were co-operating with government officials and the editors of the journals Science and Nature to pare down their research for publication in the coming weeks. The controversy arose when two separate research teams - one in the Netherlands and the other in the United States - separately found ways to alter the H5N1 avian influenza so it could pass easily between mammals.

U.S. Asks Journals to Censor Articles on Bird Flu Virus

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:39:22 -0500

[Right, they can't reveal that the US is working on a killer virus to what, wipe out the 99%?] 21 Dec 2011 For the first time ever, a government advisory board is asking scientific journals not to publish details of certain biomedical experiments, for fear that the information could be used by terrorists to create deadly viruses and touch off epidemics. In the experiments, conducted in the United States [of course] and the Netherlands, scientists created a highly transmissible form of a deadly flu virus. It was an ominous step, because easy transmission can lead the virus to spread all over the world. The work was done in ferrets, which are considered a good model for predicting what flu viruses will do in people.

Alarm as Dutch lab creates highly contagious killer flu

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:38:01 -0500

For the first time, researchers have been able to mutate the H5N1 strain of avian influenza for airborne transmission --Fear of terrorism as university prepares to publish key details 20 Dec 2011 A deadly strain of bird flu with the potential to infect and kill millions of people has been created in a laboratory by European scientists – who now want to publish full details of how they did it. The discovery has prompted fears within the US Government that the knowledge will fall into the hands of terrorists [USociopaths] wanting to use it as a bio-weapon of mass destruction. Some scientists are questioning whether the research should ever have been undertaken in a university laboratory, instead of at a military facility

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