I find the bird flu studies fascinating...it seems the research always brings up something new.
Yes, it is a concern for it’s potential biowarfare use. Now they say the swine flu surfacing in Missouri has some of the H5N1 genes.
There was a report last year or the year before that about this avian flu being played with by the North Koreans in some bunker. I do recall reading that the report had made it to the daily Presidential briefing. And the concern about China being the state entity instead of North Korea remains possible. Also, you may recall the “heads up” posting when China sent “Peacekeepers” into Africa when the last ebola outbreak ocurred.
The avian flu symptoms of this latest ebola outbreak have made some mention in the public health blogs that this is a new ebola type.