Science Panel Recommends Censoring Bird Flu Papers 126
Morty writes "The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) has recommended that details of two research papers involving Avian Flu not be published because of security concerns. At least one of the research groups says that their work should be logically reproducible. The NSABB's censorship recommendations do not (currently) have the force of law, but Science and Nature voluntarily delayed publication."
Wrong way around (Score:5, Funny)
If they don't want anyone to read the papers, they should print off millions of copies with an official-looking government cover, then send them out all over the country with big letters on the envelope: "Important Information from Your Government".
That guarantees no-one will read it.
Re:Wrong way around (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Quick (Score:5, Funny)
Call Dustin Hoffman and tell him Gary Sinese is immune
It's the supporting cast you have to worry about. From the Washington Post article:
"Fears of bad actors spreading a mutant, highly transmissible virus suffuse the three-page note published by the board."
I think it's no coincidence (Score:5, Funny)
Just look at the fact that the bird flu story is directly after then Angry Birds story. Maybe it's just the fact that I'm waking up at 3am and later about 5-something AM, but I think there's more than just a casual connection here. Look at the facts:
1. Both about birds.
2. Both about people unable to control themselves.
3. One is about a bird virus, the other about birds going viral.
There is something at play here... not sure what it is just yet...
Re:Wrong way around (Score:5, Funny)
Nobody would read it, and it would pass.
Re:I think it's no coincidence (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I think it's no coincidence (Score:5, Funny)
I like to imagine that the back-story is: the birds are angry because they are in biological warfare with their piggy enemies. Avian flu... swine flu...