New study sheds light on the pandemic flu virus of 1918

As usual, the press overstates the results, the article ends with a long quote from the principle researcher, which includes this gem:<p>&quot;<i>What we need to do now is to attempt to validate these hypotheses....</i>&quot;<p>But it&#x27;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&#x2F;falsifiable.

&quot;A study led by Michael Worobey at the University of Arizona in Tucson provides the most conclusive answers yet to two of the world&#x27;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.&quot;