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Endy0816 Posted December 21, 2017 Posted December 21, 2017 There's more safeguards and formalized review, so studies are able to be funded again. https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research
interested Posted December 21, 2017 Posted December 21, 2017 Am I correct in thinking that there are legal ways for getting around the Biological weapons ban? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_Weapons_Convention Or is the USA just leading the world initiating another weapons race, which the rest of the world may feel they have to follow as a deterrent. ? Clearly if North Korea can develop a nuclear missile program as a deterrent, they than can also like any other nation develop their own biological weapons, and may feel they have a right too if threatened. If a small group of dedicated scientists can easily develop a biological weapon for research purposes, then so could a small group of malicious scientists with intentions to use it for malicious intentions. From the second link importantly, viruses mutate all by themselves in nature, which is how avian flu occasionally jumps into humans already. It’s just a matter of time before the next deadly pandemic emerges. If we wait long enough Nature will generate its own Pandemic, but then human beings are a part of nature and may just be accelerating the inevitable? The united nations have some information on this subject, but is a little legalistic https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/bio/ and seems a little toothless in light of the links above. It seems there may be legal loop holes to do research, for humanitarian purposes. Population control maybe? Who will Police this research?
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