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Edwin's avatar

"Note that the virus does not appear to be discriminating against any one minority or demographic."

Well thank heavens for that!

I still would feel better if we had at least some clue about what modifications were done to the smallpox virus to "weaponize" it by not just former Soviet scientists but western ones as well.

Literally any of the classified research, development, testing would/could be invaluable to researchers today, and although it should be more than clear enough we as a species need to get beyond this biowarfare fascination, it looks less likely now than at any other time.

Fantastically well done article, PNK!

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Peter Nayland Kust's avatar

Thankfully, there is at this time no indication of a weapon used or wild strain of smallpox at loose in the world.

Whether monkeypox has been weaponized is a question still waiting for a definitive answer.

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