Michael Specter on the dangers of studying bird flu

The New Yorker: Out Loud | Jun 25, 2014
This week in the magazine, Michael Specter writes about the Dutch scientist Ron Fouchier, who created a virulent strain of bird flu. Here Specter talks with Blake Eskin about Fouchier's scientific goals, why some critics think his research shouldn't be published, and why suppressing such research could be more dangerous.

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