2012 Year of the Apocalypse! Yeah! Only if the swine flu H1N1 doesn't get you first 12 people have died in Oaxaca from H1N1 influenza, and 262 cases have been reported so far this year of course the H3N2 flu outbreak in Norway is a possibility too
And of course, if a strain naturally comes about in the wild, everyone will be pointing the finger at these labs regardless. Well, the conspiracy theorists will at the very least. That's why openness and transparency are so important. But this is a really dangerous virus. One thing that makes it extra dangerous is that the flu has a long gestation period. A researcher could become infected and then go home without knowing it. That's why I hope the researchers are quarantined at the lab for at least a week. I'd feel even better if they moved all research to Antarctica. But even that doesn't guarantee anything...
Ever heard the term plausible deniability? How exactly did that military anthrax strain get out in 2001?
