The Smarter We Get The Dumber We Get

During the AAAS meeting, there was a new development abroad in the
controversy over whether research by American and Dutch scientists on a
mutant form of the bird flu virus -- which is potentially capable of
spreading in humans -- should be made public.

Bird flu experts at the World Health Organization meeting in Geneva last
week agreed that the controversial research should be made public at
some time in the future after more risk analysis is done.

In the meantime, a moratorium on further studies has been extended.

Last year, American authorities asked scientists not to publish details
of their research for fear the information could fall into the wrong
hands and unleash a lethal flu pandemic.

"I would not be in favor of stopping the science," Fedoroff said in
Vancouver. "The more we know about something, the better prepared we are
to deal with unexpected outcomes."

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