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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4440541.stm

anything in wrong hands is a bad idea, lets officially destroy all the guns and nukes in the world

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wheresmyplacebo wrote:
    anything in wrong hands is a bad idea, lets officially destroy all the guns and nukes in the world

    Good idea. You first...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wheresmyplacebo wrote:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4440541.stm

    anything in wrong hands is a bad idea, lets officially destroy all the guns and nukes in the world
    Good idea...huge job....and still i don't think we'd have world peace...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The strain of flu is still present in bird and pig species relatively dormant, it has potential to mutate. For research purposes it's beneficial to retain. It's just the risks are also great.

    Smallpox however.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ginner wrote:
    The strain of flu is still present in bird and pig species relatively dormant, it has potential to mutate. For research purposes it's beneficial to retain. It's just the risks are also great.

    I meant to add that. I think those facilities should be heavily guarded...by people with guns probably.
    Smallpox however.

    In general diseases can never be assumed to be completely irradicated. When mass graves from the Black Death or the Great Plague are uncovered, they still call in biological units to ensure that they are safe. Simple organisms like bacteria (and particularly viruses) have a nasty habit of surviving...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The_Grapes_of_Sloth wrote:
    I meant to add that. I think those facilities should be heavily guarded...by people with guns probably.



    In general diseases can never be assumed to be completely irradicated. When mass graves from the Black Death or the Great Plague are uncovered, they still call in biological units to ensure that they are safe. Simple organisms like bacteria (and particularly viruses) have a nasty habit of surviving...

    Don't suppose you're taking a lecture course by a consultant to the WHO too?

    I've got an excellent book on this kind of thing. It's not exactly light reading, but I'd recommend it to all of you.

    Read me
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ginner wrote:
    Don't suppose you're taking a lecture course by a consultant to the WHO too?

    Sadly my days of lectures are fairly recently behind me...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The_Grapes_of_Sloth wrote:
    Sadly my days of lectures are fairly recently behind me...

    Other than that particular module that's not quite the attitude I take. Can't wait to finish and get on with getting a job!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ginner wrote:
    Can't wait to finish and get on with getting a job!

    Working's rubbish...unless you get Internet access all day :thumb:
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