US scientists are allowed to proceed with research "on creating deadly mutant strains of Avian Flu and other dangerous pathogens." Before they receive funding, the scientists must outline possible dangers of their research however on the bad side, they can now "freely publish their results and findings to the entire world."
These studies first began a year ago when a Dutch researcher had announced that he had created one of the most dangerous viruses in the world. A group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin had planned to perform a similar research intending to publish what they would find on "the deadliest pathogens".
The National Institute of Health has helped in making matters worse, allowing scientists to:
-Increase pathogenicity in mammals
-Disrupt the induction of a host's innate immunity
-Interfere with the effectiveness of an available vaccine
and -facilitate a viruses ability to evade detection methodologies
Michael Osterholm is an infectious disease researcher at the University of Minnesota and also a member of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Bio-security disagreed with the government's decision to allow any of the research work to be published world-wide, which would allow any lab in the world to copy the same work. Supposedly "This kind of research is done to protect humanity against terrorist groups, groups which may or may not have the skills or resources to create these deadly, unstoppable diseases."
http://www.allvoices.com/news/14108312-us-government-allows-work-on-insanely-deadly-pathogens-to-proceed
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