Posted on 10/02/2014 2:23:50 AM PDT by markomalley
Oh, well. Prayers up....
I was already in Iraq in 2003 - but everyone was given the smallpox injection ...and Anthrax...for some reason, those tow were high on the list.
I think Alibek gave the hint that Iraq could have obtained those two from Russia and possibly put either on into play on the battlefield.
There’s a lab report out - that shows how to take mouse pox - and recombine it with a human cell and in essence - recreate human smallpox infection...that’s scary in itself...
Ectromelia Virus
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn311-killer-mousepox-virus-raises-bioterror-fears.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/world/australians-create-a-deadly-mouse-virus.html
http://jvi.asm.org/content/75/3/1205.abstract
Sometimes, man can be his worst enemy...
Interesting stuff — uh?
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