US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous pathogens

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists [The "Doomesday Clock" bunch] ^ | February 25, 2022 | Matt Field |

[BenLurkin]

I guess my question is: Thirty years after the "threat reduction" started rounding up Soviet bioweapons for destruction, why are any of these pathogens still in existence?

[Mount Athos]

48 hours ago this was a ridiculed conspiracy

[drSteve78]

A smart attack would target these facilities.

[drSteve78]

Especially since they don’t exist.

[dowcaet]

I guess this guy is gonna get reamed by his superiors for saying this. The USA Today and other MSM outlets referred to Russian claims of bioweapons labs in Ukraine as a conspiracy theory just the other day.

[FirstFlaBn]

Quick, somebody ask whether bat soup is on the menu in the cafeteria. Any wet markets conveniently located nearby?

[pterional]

We will have to ask Fauci. A small pox release would be horrible.

[bitt]

DonaldJTrumpJr
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Well that went from conspiracy theory to senate testimony in about 6 days… It used to take six months to go from conspiracy theory to fact.
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U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland says Washington is working with Ukraine to prevent biological research facilities from falling into Russian hands. She just confirmed every conspiracy theory about the existence of those labs.
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[bioqubit]

It gets dicey.

Here is my problem. Ukraine is a very minor player in biotechnology. The notion they have sophisticated labs of any kind takes me by surprise. But there can be labs working on agricultural issues which can include plant viruses and animal viruses. Might some of these cause diseases in humans? Maybe.

However, if it turns out that Fauci’s fingerprints show up on any of this. I take back what I said.

[T.B. Yoits]

What biolab doesn't have protocols in place to immediately destroy the pathogens in an emergency?

How are the pathogens not already destroyed?

...unless they weren't just laboratories but are instead stockpiles.

[DesertRhino]

God, DC has a wonderful sense of humor. DC, Washington DC, protector and funder of Fauci, the ones who unleashed covid on us to get rid of Trump, the people who gave us the Wuhan lab...is warning us that the RUSSIANS might unleash pathogens when they overrun our secret weapons labs.

Did they say this with a straight face?

[escapefromboston]

Sorry but this sounds like Russian disinformation

[walkingdead]

“48 hours ago this was a ridiculed conspiracy”

Times they are a changin…..used to be years between conspiracy and the truth coming out.

[Persevero]

Oh really now.

I guess another bio lab in a foreign country we are running since we can’t get an ok for it on our own soil.

Repugnant. It is getting to where I don’t know who to root for any more. Is there any decent nation left?

[blackberry1]

Don’t you think Bio Labs on Russia’s doorstep are reason enough for in invasion??

The US did it in Iraq.

Something is fishy....

[bitt]

OMG, look at this..

EXCLUSIVE: Deleted Web Pages Show Obama Led an Effort To Build a Ukraine-Based BioLab Handling ‘Especially Dangerous Pathogens’
The National Pulse ^ | 3/8/22 | Natalie Winters

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4045006/posts

[Equine1952]

Sorry, did you forget the /sarc tag or just ignorant?

[seowulf]

Outside experts have also said Pope’s program is not a covert bioweapons operation.

Well, as long as experts said so...

[T.B. Yoits]

The bio labs on on Russia’s doorstep are even more suspicious knowing what we now know about Pfascist korporations colluding with government employees such as Mr. Fauxi to illegally fund banned gain-of-function experiments in other countries such as China.

Since these labs in Ukraine were funded by the U.S. State Department as per their own website, and the Ukrainian entities were paying off Jao Bai-din and Hunter Bai-din, it begs the question, "what is Mr. Fauxi doing funding bio-weapon labs in Ukraine?"

No wonder the Russians invaded Ukraine. Could you imagine if Afghanistan was funding bio-weapon labs in Mexico?

[BenLurkin]

The article is quite friendly to the US government position. Adopts it really.