evidence?

Which leads to a queasy sense that perhaps the current outbreak of the
H1N1 strain of swine flu may be the result of some mad experiment gone
awry. Adrian Gibbs, a prominent Australian scientist who collaborated
on research that led to the development of the Tamiflu drug, told
Bloomberg News "the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs
scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines.
Gibbs said he came to his conclusion as part of an effort to trace the
virus's origins by analyzing its genetic blueprint."

"The sooner we get to grips with where it's come from, the safer things
might becom...

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evidence?

Which leads to a queasy sense that perhaps the current outbreak of the
H1N1 strain of swine flu may be the result of some mad experiment gone
awry. Adrian Gibbs, a prominent Australian scientist who collaborated
on research that led to the development of the Tamiflu drug, told
Bloomberg News "the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs
scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines.
Gibbs said he came to his conclusion as part of an effort to trace the
virus's origins by analyzing its genetic blueprint."

"The sooner we get to grips with where it's come from, the safer things
might become," Gibbs told Bloomberg. "'It could be a mistake' that
occurred at a vaccine production facility or the virus could have
jumped from a pig to another mammal or a bird before reaching humans,
he said."

Gibbs is no crank and his claims, at least initially, were taken
seriously by the World Health Organization (WHO). Kenji Fukada, WHO's
assistant director-general of health security and environment said the
agency is reviewing Gibbs' report. On the other hand, the American
Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta dismissed the findings, deciding
there is "no evidence" to support the scientist's conclusions.

His research is considered credible and the scientist said his analysis
is supported by other researchers, including Richard Webby, a
virologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis who
found "the new strain is the product of two distinct lineages of
influenza that have circulated among swine in North America and Europe
for more than a decade."