Should Scientists Be Allowed To Enhance Pandemic Pathogens?
By 2014, the H5N1 avian flu killed 386 people worldwide. While serious, the number of casualties is by no means earthshaking–until one realizes that the total number of people infected was only 650. The fatality rate was a staggering 60%. When compared to COVID-19’s fatality estimates of around 1% (Sullum, 2021), the earth indeed begins to tremble. Fortunately, that strain of avian flu does not pass easily between people. The 650 cases were spread out over 11 years. Those who
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