In the News - Science has created the perfect biological weapon

[kitkat]

Yesterday, the media said that science has perfected an airborne virus that would be very effective in spreading on a wide scale globally in a short period of time. This is similar to the HIN1 in 2009 that originated in Mexico. I wonder, if that epidemic was the first test run to see how quickly it would spread and to what amount of variation it would produce by the very same people that now claim to have a perfect bioweapon. I don't mean to sound paranoid but really can we trust anyone that has the power to destroy the masses in such a short period of time?

[Moontanman]

Yesterday, the media said that science has perfected an airborne virus that would be very effective in spreading on a wide scale globally in a short period of time. This is similar to the HIN1 in 2009 that originated in Mexico. I wonder, if that epidemic was the first test run to see how quickly it would spread and to what amount of variation it would produce by the very same people that now claim to have a perfect bioweapon. I don't mean to sound paranoid but really can we trust anyone that has the power to destroy the masses in such a short period of time?

 

 

Yesterday, the media said

 

I think that is the key to this, do you have a link to the original science paper?

[Phi for All]

Yeah, "the media" said "science" did this. Funny, I can't find anything on this major breaking story. Usually, "the internet" tells me everything.

[imatfaal]

I guess this is the story

 

Google News Search

 

Haven't got to the paper behind the story - or even to the over-hyped news release which always seems to be the progenitor of these sorts of media frenzy

 

This Blog will help to explain things. http://www.virology.ws/2011/12/06/ferreting-out-influenza-h5n1/