[arthurus]

Development of bioweapons is banned by the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, a Cold War–era treaty that outlawed biological warfare programs.

It is fatuous to even mention this because such agreements are, in the best case, utterly irrelevant to what occurs, and in the worst case they promote the bad guys accelerating attempts to use the banned procedures or weapons under cover of the ban.

[baltimorepoet]

Development of bioweapons is banned by the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, a Cold War–era treaty that outlawed biological warfare programs. It is fatuous to even mention this because such agreements are, in the best case, utterly irrelevant to what occurs, and in the worst case they promote the bad guys accelerating attempts to use the banned procedures or weapons under cover of the ban.

I think it was defector Alibek that said the Soviets had developed Ebolapox... a hybrid of Ebola and Smallpox.

I can only imagine the havoc a group like ISIS could cause with ideas like Ebolapox.