Research altering the structure of infective viruses poses a threat to man and should be banned. This threat is defined, as “Dual use”. Although, altering the structure of viruses does have beneficial purposes it is ultimately not worth the risk and outweighed by its dangers. Dual Use is beneficial in advancing science or improving public health but is often misused for malevolent ends such as bioterrorism. Bioterrorism is not a new threat, Pathogens and micro organisms have been used as weapons
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terrorist group, or individual acquiring and using chemical or biological weapons is a real treat. The last successful biological attack in the US happened in 1984 when a cult by the name of Rajneeshee in The Dalles Oregon used Salmonella to poison several salad bars of local restaurants. The purpose of this biological attack was to influence local elections which were taken place. Authorities did not find out about the deliberate biological attack until a year later while investigating another unrelated
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requires (Goel Ajay, 2015). Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax is often found naturally in soil and commonly affects domestic and wild animals around the world (CDC, 2015). Biological agents are often chosen for bioterrorism because they are easy to obtain and inexpensive. Also the spores have high
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One of the pathogens that has been stored for the purpose of preparing for a bioterrorist attack is the infamous Smallpox. This virus was stored due to how decimating it was to humans on a massive scale, although thankfully Smallpox was eradicated from the world thanks to a vaccination that was implemented globally. Unfortunately, the virus has to be kept frozen in a couple of facilities in fear that other (unknown) individuals may have samples and may choose to use them against a population in the
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I Swear You Don’t Have Ebola---Just Small Pox Smallpox is a disease that was reportedly found in humans around ten thousand years ago. Smallpox is said to be one of the most catastrophic and deadly diseases to ever attack humanity because of its fatal and infectious symptoms. The chance of death of a patient with Smallpox was up to 30% in the past. A virus similar to smallpox has been found in animals, leading experts to believe that the disease was passed from humans to animals. Once this similar
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(La la la la la) (La la la la la) (La la la la la) (La la la la la) Rucka Rucka Ali I tell you where it's from Africa That's from where Ebola comes West side It hides in the suitcase Two days later It lands in USA I get it from my girlfriend And give it to my dad I catch it on the subway And leave it in the cab I eat it at Subway Drink it at Starbucks Ebola's everywhere And I give no fucks They scared It's bad Ebola's gonna kill us all dead They mad How'd this happen Gotta make sure that nobody
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disease had its own process of being cultivated and relied heavily on precise measurements to avoid spreading of plague, dysentery, typhoid, and others to the doctors’ accidentally. In his entire affidavit, Ishii denies his knowledge of the use of biological weapons used offensively during the war. Though it is hard to believe that the leader of an entire unit knew nothing about non-defensive uses of the diseases he cultivated while in control of Unit 731. The outright denial of most of the experiments
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is something that we have been dealing with for a long time and we still face to this day. While their are different types of terrorism some are worse than others but one of the worst forms is bioterrorism. Bioterrorism where they release toxic biological agents into the world that could kill you. Bioterrorism has been around for hundreds of years and has caused millions deaths around the world. While their are many deadly diseases that can be used for bioterrorism some of the most convenient types
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Administrative Ethics paper Sherry Grant HCS 335 May 21, 2012 Holly Martinez De Andino Presidential Commission to Decide: Is Testing Anthrax Vaccine on Children Ethical? On May 10, 2012 the Presidential Commission of the Study of Bioethical Issues started their deliberations regarding a very important matter: Testing vaccinations and treatments on children. The ethical question is whether or not to begin pediatric studies to determine the effectiveness of Anthrax vaccines and other treatments
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