It Never Rains…

…but it pours. If you thought that the depressing news around the Avian Flu virus wasn’t worrying enough, here comes news that a bunch of scientists have recreated the 1918 Spanish Flu virus – one of the deadliest ever to emerge. And it that wasn’t bad enough, it appears as though the genetic sequence of the virus is being made available online. Oh, great, now any competent mad molecular biologist can recreate the plot of Twelve Monkeys for real.

 

The thing to remember about scientists is that they’re just fallible humans like the rest of us. A white coat does not guarantee intelligence and wisdom.