The flu that transformed the 20th Century

Re:The flu that transformed the 20th Century by escherplex on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:43AM (#18275573)

Currently there is concern that the new form of the H7N9 virus in China could morph into a form as lethal as the 1918 Spanish flu which killed up to five percent of world's population. Forewarned is forearmed. But it seems:

China Has Withheld Samples of a Dangerous Flu Virus

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/health/china-flu-virus-sa...

so possible development of vaccines has been hampered.

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Re:The flu that transformed the 20th Century by DenisM on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:55PM (#18277836)

Somehow NIH believes it's all good?

[...] Two new clinical trials testing an experimental vaccine to prevent influenza caused by an H7N9 influenza virus are now enrolling volunteers at sites across the United States [...] March 15, 2018

[1] https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/h7n9-influenza...

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Re:The flu that transformed the 20th Century by craftyguy on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:45AM (#18275602)

> so possible development of vaccines has been hampered.

That wouldn't prevent the Chinese from developing a vaccine...

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Re:The flu that transformed the 20th Century by bobthepanda on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:36PM (#18276606)

Better to have multiple heads working on one problem and have one race to finish first, like with Ebola. Will the Chinese develop one on their own in time if an outbreak actually happens?

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Re:The flu that transformed the 20th Century by craftyguy on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:49PM (#18276709)

> Better to have multiple heads working on one problem

Yea, I know.

> Will the Chinese develop one on their own in time if an outbreak actually happens?

Maybe they already have one?

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