"A study led by Michael Worobey at the University of Arizona in Tucson provides the most conclusive answers yet to two of the world's foremost biomedical mysteries of the past century: the origin of the 1918 pandemic flu virus and its unusual severity, which resulted in a death toll of approximately 50 million people."
As usual, the press overstates the results, the article ends with a long quote from the principle researcher, which includes this gem:
"What we need to do now is to attempt to validate these hypotheses...."
But it's really interesting, and sounds pretty solid to this non-specialist. Especially since that gem above correctly indicates as far as I can tell that this is testable/falsifiable.
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But it's really interesting, and sounds pretty solid to this non-specialist. Especially since that gem above correctly indicates as far as I can tell that this is testable/falsifiable.