I think it's faintly terrifying
not the science, I mean the idea that the US government should have a say in what you can and can't publish.

but, yeah, it's fairly fucking paranoid. I've been keeping an eye out for an old mate of mine at UCL who Sky and the BBC always wheel out as their "virus expert" to tell them they are all being tools, but no luck yet.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:32, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Well they're only talking about the method being redacted not the data.
Which is not quite as bad. However if it can't be properly recreated by someone else then it's not really worth publishing at all.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:34, Reply)

Quite.
But, why should the US in particular have any say? I wouldn't mind so much if it was the UN or something. And the method has the potential to be hugely useful in treating viral diseases in the future, so not publishing it because some US military tool has watched "contagion" once too often is a bit arse.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:35, Reply)

Looking into it a bit closer it's just a recommendation from the body
they have no actual power. The majority of the members are from outside government institutions as well.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:47, Reply)