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The backlash was so severe that in 2012, Kawaoka, Fouchier, and other prominent flu scientists voluntarily agreed to pause the transmissibility work. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 1, 2022

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In 2011, it emerged that Ron Fouchier, of @ErasmusMC in Rotterdam, and another scientist, Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the @UWMadison, had separately tweaked the H5N1 virus in a way that made it spread more easily in ferrets. https://t.co/6jxWhB10BU — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 1, 2022

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In early 2013, flu scientists ended their voluntary pause, arguing that when the research was done at enhanced biosafety level 3, the benefits outweighed the risks. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 1, 2022