# 2248
SophiaZoe is, by her own admission, peeved.
She has taken exception to an article authored by Edward Hammond (Immunocompetant) and run by TWN that suggests the US has laid a `patent claim on the bird flu virus'.
I will confess that when I read the original article, my eyes glazed over and I moved on to other things. Luckily Flublogia consists of many voices, and SZ decided to delve deeper into this issue.
In Using H5N1 to drive other agendas , the latest entry in A Pandemic Chronicle , SophiaZoe gives us excerpts from the actual patent application, along with her interpretation of what this patent is really all about.
I won't spoil the experience by quoting from it, I'll simply direct you to her blog.
While I'm no expert in these matters, I find SZ's explanation very helpful and far more credible.
And my eyes didn't glaze over, either.
Highly recommended.
