Bird flu in humans?

Strange how these potential pandemics begin with something called gain of function research. Not saying its related as everything is a coinsidence these days

4 years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-controversial-experiments-make-bird-flu-more-risky-poised-resume

Now

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001451/