The Importance of Transparency
Author :
Kate Sleeth
Recently there have been a number of articles in high impact journals discussing the ethics of researching and publishing on deadly viruses (for a synopsis https://www.nature.com/news/specials/mutantflu/index.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20120124). I am talking about the two independent research groups who have shown that the H5N1 bird flu virus is transmissible between ferrets. For decades, work has been performed on a variety of deadly viruses and diseases without incident.