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2014-07-17 Government

Update: That little bit of smallpox the feds misplaced was viable

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-17 02:03|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Along with dengue, influenza, Q fever, and rickettsia.

Two other potentially deadly flubs by the feds over the last 3 month as well.

Sleep tight.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-17 02:05|| 2014-07-17 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Smallpox will come back. The insistence of 'those in charge' to disallow general research and stop vaccinations will make the next outbreak orders of magnitude worse, and will be even less effective than efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons have been.

In 10 years some grad student will be able to download smallpox DNA off the Dark Web and print out viable viruses on his school's 3D printer. If he's a clever sod he'll even make a few strategic changes, like to the proteins which trigger an immune reaction in vaccinated adults...

Posted by Iblis 2014-07-17 11:09|| 2014-07-17 11:09|| Front Page Top

#3 ..yes. The 20th Century was the nuclear century. The 21st Century will the be century of designer plagues.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-07-17 11:22|| 2014-07-17 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 "That little bit of smallpox the feds misplaced was viable"

I always presumed it was.

Just like a gun is always loaded unless you personally checked it.

Posted by Barbara 2014-07-17 14:32|| 2014-07-17 14:32|| Front Page Top

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