A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists.
Viruses mutate over time. So the 1918 flu has not been circulating for over 100 years. No one under 107 has been exposed to the virus that wiped out millions aka it’s novel.
Viruses mutate over time. So the 1918 flu has not been circulating for over 100 years. No one under 107 has been exposed to the virus that wiped out millions aka it’s novel.
Surely if we can easily generate a synthetic version of an old virus, we can similarly create a vaccine?
Yes, it’s the standard flu that we make a flu shot for every year. It’s was just more deadly. Somewhere around a 3-6% lethality.
Swine flu bears such a resemblance to the 1918 flu that scientists believe it would confer immunity to those who were infected or inoculated.