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    Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

    1/22 Dec 2011 "Fears grow over lab-bred flu" "It is a nightmare scenario: a human pandemic caused by the accidental release of a man-made form of the lethal avian influenza virus H5N1.Yet the risk is all too real."https://www.nature.com/articles/480421a …

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      2. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        2/22 Jan 2012 "Caution urged for mutant flu work" "A key question is whether the public-health benefits of the work outweigh the risks of a potential pandemic if the virus escaped from the lab."https://www.nature.com/articles/481417a …

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      3. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        3/22 Jan 2012 "Open the debate on flu research "Discussions over H5N1 studies must be international and transparent, says Anthony Fauci." "We need to get people in the same room discussing the pros and cons rather than having duelling soundbites."https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.9896 …

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      4. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        4/22 Jan 2012 "Researchers defend benefits of mutant flu research"https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.9919 …

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      5. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        5/22 Jan 2012 "Scientists call for 60-day suspension of mutant flu research" “We and the rest of the scientific community need to clearly explain the benefits of this important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks,” they write."https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.9873 …

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      6. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        6/22 Feb 2012 "Now that laboratory studies have yielded a glimpse of H5N1 flu viruses that might spread rapidly in humans and cause a devastating pandemic, vaccine makers will be better prepared if one develops. Or will they?"https://www.nature.com/articles/482142a …

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      7. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        7/22 Feb 2012 Editorial "Facing up to flu" "There is no need to rush headlong into an expansion of the work. Rather, regulators and flu researchers must take whatever time they need to decide the best way for such work to proceed safely." https://www.nature.com/articles/482131a.pdf …

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      8. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        8/22 Feb 2012 "Even were we to get an early warning, it would mean nothing to the 80% of planet who will not have access to vaccines." "The risks of an accidental lab release are not negligible, and consequences could be a public-health disaster."https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10055 …

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      9. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        9/22 Feb 2012 "Flu meeting opts for openness"https://www.nature.com/articles/482447a …

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      10. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        10/22 Mar 2012 By me and @heidiledford "Rresearch judged to be of risk would be subject to mitigation measures such as modifications to the proposed research, tougher biosecurity or biosafety precautions."https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10369 …

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      11. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        11/22 Mar 2012 "Flu surveillance lacking" "Researchers... argued that their work would aid in surveillance, by identifying mutations to watch for in the wild. But an analysis by Nature paints a dire picture of how animal flu viruses are being monitored." https://www.nature.com/articles/483520a.pdf …

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      12. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        12/22 Apr 2012 "Post-mortem on mutant flu" "You’d have to have your head in the sand not to accept that there are some risks here.” https://www.nature.com/articles/484150a …

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      13. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        13/22 June 2012 "Freeze on mutant-flu research set to thaw" "An expansion of research... in labs worldwide some of which may lack adequate biosafety standards would multiply the risk of an accidental release of a pathogen capable of sparking a pandemic."https://www.nature.com/articles/486449a …

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      14. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        14/22 Jan 2013 "Work resumes on lethal flu strains"Ian Lipkin... at Columbia University in New York, believes that the risks are high and, worse, that such research may end up being done in labs with insufficient biosafety standards."https://www.nature.com/articles/493460a …

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      15. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        15/22 Jan 2013 Editorial "Vigilance needed" "Experiments that make deadly pathogens more dangerous demand the utmost scrutiny." "The potential risks of the work demand exceptional precautions in any future research."https://www.nature.com/articles/493451b …

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      16. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        16/22 Aug 2013 Editorial: "Handle with care" "The possibility that H7N9 avian influenza may evolve sufficiently to cause a pandemic has scientists turning again to controversial research —they must be careful how they justify the risks taken." https://www.nature.com/articles/500122a.pdf …

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      17. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        17/22 Jul 2014 Editorial "But as CDC accident reminds us, should GOF flu research proliferate, in particular at facilities with less than exemplary biosafety standards, risks of an accidental release of a potentially pandemic flu virus will be multiplied." https://www.nature.com/articles/510443a.pdf …

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      18. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        18/22 Jul 2014 By me and @bmaher "Risks of flu work underrated" "Oversight cannot be left to scientific agencies with an inherent interest in promoting science, he says. “What is needed is dispassionate, non-partisan rigorous oversight of this work”.https://www.nature.com/articles/511013a …

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      19. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        19/22 Jul 2014 "Biosafety requires 'culture of safety' yet researchers and oversight bodies all too often have a “checkbox culture.” “There is money for diagnostics and research, but ask for money for biosafety and it’s just not there”https://www.nature.com/articles/511515a …

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      20. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        20/22 Jul 2014 "Safety doesn’t happen by accident" "To create a strong biosafety culture, mishaps must be reported and shared fully and transparently." "Criticism... means most researchers would probably think twice about reporting an accident.https://www.nature.com/articles/511507a …

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      21. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        21/22 Nov 2015 "Scientific review panels may deem similar studies building chimeric viruses... too risky to pursue," "Discussion needed as to "Whether these types of chimeric virus studies warrant further investigation versus inherent risks involved”.https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2015.18787 …

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      22. Declan Butler‏ @Declan_M_Butler 25 Jun 2021

        22/22 This 2015 Comment piece from Nature is also worth a read: "Tim Trevan calls on those working with organisms that are hazardous... to take lessons from the nuclear industries, hospitals and other sectors that have established a safety culture."https://www.nature.com/articles/527155a …

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