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    Ebola as a terror weapon

    Ebola as a terror weapon

    STRATFOR examines the likelihood of Ebola being militarized by the Islamic State (or other terror organizations).

    Bottom line, not likely or cost effective.

    "Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon is republished with permission of Stratfor."

    Biological weapons look great in the movies, but they are difficult and expensive to develop in real life. That is why we have rarely seen them used in terrorist attacks. As we have noted for a decade now, jihadists can kill far more people with far less expense and effort by utilizing traditional terrorist tactics, which makes the threat of a successful attack using the Ebola virus extremely unlikely.
    Read more: Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon | Stratfor
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    Of course it isn't cost effective. There are far better bio-weapon options available.

    The US public doesn't need a terror weapon, they already have the GOP and MSM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    Of course it isn't cost effective. There are far better bio-weapon options available.

    The US public doesn't need a terror weapon, they already have the GOP and MSM.
    The article, and others written by STRATFOR on the topic also apply the cost effectiveness to any bio-warfare, at least so far as a non-state actor goes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Ebola as a terror weapon

    STRATFOR examines the likelihood of Ebola being militarized by the Islamic State (or other terror organizations).

    Bottom line, not likely or cost effective.

    "Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon is republished with permission of Stratfor."



    Read more: Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon | Stratfor
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    Biological weapons were always a horrible idea, common sense tells us that. But that never stopped governments, especially ours, from pursuing them

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    Final Tests Show Ebola Vaccine is Highly Effective...

    Tests Show Ebola Vaccine is Highly Effective
    December 22, 2016 - Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.
    Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work. Efforts were ramped up after the infectious disease caused a major outbreak, beginning in 2013 in Guinea and spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone. About 11,300 people died. The World Health Organization, which acknowledged shortcomings in its response to the West Africa outbreak, led the study of the vaccine, which was developed by the Canadian government and is now licensed to the U.S.-based Merck & Co. Results were published Thursday.

    Merck is expected to seek regulatory approval in the U.S. and Europe sometime next year. The experimental vaccine was given to about 5,800 people last year in Guinea, as the virus was waning. All had some contact with a new Ebola patient. They got the vaccine right away or three weeks later. After a 10-day waiting period, no Ebola cases developed in those immediately vaccinated, 23 cases turned up among those with delayed vaccination.


    Health workers wash their hands after taking a blood specimen from a child to test for the Ebola virus in a area were a 17-year old boy died from the virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia.

    The Lancet paper published Thursday mostly crystallizes what was already largely known from interim results released last year. The vaccine proved so effective that the study was stopped midway so that everyone exposed to Ebola in Guinea could be immunized. "I really believe that now we have a tool which would allow (us) to control a new outbreak of Ebola of the Zaire strain," said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, a WHO assistant director-general who was the study's lead author. "It's the first vaccine for which efficacy has been shown."

    She noted that other Ebola vaccines are underdoing testing, and that a vaccine is also needed to protect against a second strain, Sudan. The virus first turned up in Africa in 1976 and had caused periodic outbreaks mostly in central Africa, but never with results as deadly as the West Africa outbreak. Many previous vaccine attempts have failed. Among the hurdles: the sporadic nature of outbreaks and funding shortages.

    http://www.voanews.com/a/ebola-vacci...e/3647911.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by waltky View Post
    Final Tests Show Ebola Vaccine is Highly Effective...

    Tests Show Ebola Vaccine is Highly Effective
    December 22, 2016 - Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.
    Well cool. @kurmudgeon go get a shot and relax dude.
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    Ebola has already been "militarized" by the US as a weapon against Africa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan88 View Post
    Ebola has already been "militarized" by the US as a weapon against Africa.
    Source ? unsubstantiated.
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    Ivan88 wrote: Ebola has already been "militarized" by the US as a weapon against Africa.

    Got a link to the source of the info...

    ... or is this just some more Commie fake news??

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