Archive for the 'Kill Off' Category
Hundreds of Bioterror Lab Mishaps Cloaked in Secrecy
August 17th, 2014I find it remarkable that we know even this much. Via: USA Today: More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and agriculture were reported to federal regulators during 2008 through 2012, government reports obtained by USA TODAY show. More than half these incidents were […]
Government Scientist “Accidentally” Mixed a Deadly Strain of Bird Flu with a Tamer Strain and Sent the Mix to Other Labs
August 16th, 2014Via: NBC: A government scientist who accidently mixed a deadly strain of bird flu with a tamer strain and sent the mix to other labs kept silent about the potentially dangerous lab blunder, according to an internal investigation. The accident happened in January at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in […]
The Recovering Americans and the ‘Top Secret’ Ebola Treatment
August 6th, 2014Via: The Atlantic: In Gupta’s optimistic assessment, Brantly’s “near complete recovery” began within hours of receiving the treatment that “likely saved his life.” Writebol is also reportedly improved since receiving the treatment, known as zMapp. But to say that it was a secret implies a frigid American exceptionalism; that the people of West Africa are […]
Elon Musk: AI “Potentially More Dangerous Than Nukes”
August 4th, 2014Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom Via: ExtremeTech: Elon Musk, the mastermind behind SpaceX and Tesla, believes that artificial intelligence is “potentially more dangerous than nukes,” imploring all of humankind “to be super careful with AI,” unless we want the ultimate fate of humanity to closely resemble Judgment Day from Terminator. Personally I think […]
U.S. Government Seeking to Test Ebola Vaccine on Humans
August 1st, 2014Via: Reuters: The U.S. government will begin testing on people an experimental Ebola vaccine as early as September, after seeing positive results from tests on primates, according to media reports on Thursday. The National Institutes of Health’s infectious disease unit is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put the vaccine into trial […]
U.S. GOVERNMENT JET FLYING PEOPLE INFECTED WITH EBOLA BACK TO U.S.
July 31st, 2014Update: Ebola Evacuation Planes Will Land at Dobbins Air Force Base Via: NBC: Ebola-infected Americans being flown from Africa to the United States will land at a military base outside Atlanta, officials said Friday. The patients will not be transported on U.S. military aircraft, but Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta will receive the planes […]
U.S. Scientist Finds 300 More Vials After Smallpox Discovery
July 27th, 2014😯 Via: AP: The same federal scientist who found forgotten vials of smallpox at a federal lab earlier this month also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria. Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the undocumented collection contained 327 carefully packaged vials, listing various pathogens, including […]
“U.S. Scientist Creates Deadly New Flu Strain for Pandemic Research”
July 6th, 2014*wink* Via: Independent: A controversial scientist who carried out provocative research on making influenza viruses more infectious has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has genetically manipulated the 2009 strain of pandemic […]
Utopia Series 2 Trailer
June 20th, 2014Via: Channel4:
American Scientists Recreate Deadly Spanish Flu Virus
June 12th, 2014Via: Independent: The extinct influenza virus that caused the worst flu pandemic in history has been recreated from fragments of avian flu found in wild ducks in a controversial experiment to show how easy it would be for the deadly flu strain to reemerge today. Scientists said the study involved infecting laboratory ferrets with close […]
