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My thanks to Crof at Crofsblog for picking up a thoughtful piece by Dr. Peter Sandman, on the H5N1 research moratorium which has been in place for nearly a year.
For those unfamiliar with Dr. Sandman, he is a world renown expert on crisis communications, who along with his wife and colleague Dr. Jody Lanard, provide consulting services to individuals, organizations, and companies – often during their worst public relations nightmares.
Together they also produce a wealth of invaluable risk management advice on their website, which quite frankly should be second home for anyone involved in public relations or risk communications.
I’ve highlighted Peter and Jody’s work often in the past, including:
Peter Sandman On the CCIVI Vaccine Report
Peter Sandman: Swine Flu For Grownups
Experts: `Mild’ Is A Misleading Term For This Pandemic
Peter Sandman On Pandemic Risk Communication
Dr. Sandman’s latest piece was published yesterday on their website, and rather than trying to excerpt from it, I’ll simply provide you the link and invite you to read it in its entirety.
The Moratorium on H5N1 Bioengineering Research:What Was It For? What Did It Accomplish?
by Peter M. Sandman
(December 26, 2012 email to David Malakoff of Science)
David Malakoff's January 4, 2013 Science article drew from this email.
Highly recommended.
