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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 percen

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-samples.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/health/china-flu-virus-sa... so possible development of vaccines has been hampered.

craftyguy 8y ago
> so possible development of vaccines has been hampered. That wouldn't prevent the Chinese from developing a vaccine...
- bobthepanda 8y ago
  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?
  - craftyguy 8y ago
    > 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?
DenisM 8y ago
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-vaccine-clinical-trials-begin https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/h7n9-influenza...