Dutch Scientists Develop Airborne H5N1 (Flu)

Burky126

http://www.doctortipster.com/6952-dutch-researcher-created-a-super-influenza-virus-with-the-potential-to-kill-millions.html

A Dutch researcher has created a virus with the potential to kill half of the planet’s population. Now, researchers and experts in bioterrorism debate whether it is a good idea to publish the virus creation ”recipe”. However, several voices argue that such research should have not happened in the first place.


The virus is a strain of avian influenza H5N1 genetically modified to be extremely contagious. It was created by researcher Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands.

“I can not think of a pathogenic organism to be more dangerous than this one”, commented Paul Keim, a specialist in microbial genetics who worked for many years with the anthrax bacillus. “I think the anthrax is not at all scary, when compared with this virus” , he added.

AnamGlas

Shít like this makes Bertie look good at his job...




...nearly

theteal

yeah, i vaguely remember seeing that film. . .

Mr. Boo

Funded by the League of Supervillains Medical Council.

spoofilyj

You have to wonder what possessed them to even think of creating this...

As for releasing the receipe, thats a terrible idea, ever nut job will be trying to recreat it and hold the world to ransome or even worse release it for ****es and giggles!

Boxoffrogs

Sounds like they're scouting for buyers.

zuroph

if someone can do it so publically, do ye not think US military, or others, would already have something like this secretly?

Saila

if ever there was any doubt over the mad scientist stereotype dying out

Sykk

Should be immediately destroyed, carefully. What was the point??

Temptamperu

I think they should use it.

bbam

I'm presuming he accidently created this while looking for ways to eliminate avian flu...
Imagine being his boss....

IDIOT SCIENTIST: Boss, look what I made..

ME: Seriously... had you nothing better to do, make the flucking tea from now on..

These guys have too big of budgets and too little control on their work..

Spunge

Guy sounds arrogant as fúck.
"Oh i made the best virus ever, nothing can compete with my godly virus making skills."

Kevin Duffy

Pfffttt, let them create and publish what they like, that thing is still not as bad as Manflu and we struggle bravely through that, so I'll take on their poxy bird-cold.

Saila

a specialist in microbial genetics who worked for many years with the anthrax bacillus

pot. kettle. black

recylingbin

If I wanted to wipe out half the world's population, I'd take them drinking Guinness in Temple Bar.

Dancor

zuroph wrote: »

if someone can do it so publically, do ye not think US military, or others, would already have something like this secretly?

They did, it's called HIV.

My name is URL

Don't worry, GSK is already working on a vaccine

chucken1

It may be too late

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055451745

MisterEpicurus

"Half the planet's population" -- if this means politicians, then I'm all for it! :-)

rossie1977

theteal wrote: »

yeah, i vaguely remember seeing that film. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04Co46-Faw

Teyla Emmagan

Could be the solution to over population alright.

I would like to be immunized before it's released myself mind.

Conor108

How did he drive to work each morning without stopping and thinking "Wait wtf am I doing?!"

histories

Time for another good idea/bad idea..........

Good idea: inventing a cure for cancer

Bad idea: inventing a virus to kill half the planet

hmmm and these people actually get paid for this!

Bloody Nipples

Meh, the global vaccine production line throws out a new one every year in response to whatever strain is looking like it's going to be the dominant infectious one. For swine flu, they had a vaccine pushed through phase I, II and III trials in 3 months. Just a case of getting one for this one too.

My name is URL

I suddenly fancy a game of Pandemic II

Kevin Duffy

My name is URL wrote: »

I suddenly fancy a game of Pandemic II

I've got that feeling too now, must be contagious.

Dotrel

Many are predicting a required collapse of global population once the worlds oil reserves runs out. Something like this could be just the ticket. Might as well keep it in the fridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

spoofilyj

spoofilyj wrote: »

You have to wonder what possessed them to even think of creating this...

to cull the herd...





;)

Saila

spoofilyj wrote: »

You have to wonder what possessed them to even think of creating this...

Id say it was the poster of hitler in his room while he was growing up

"10 million people and concentration camps? pffft"

"7 years study, 1 lab, 3.5 billion to die! :cool: \0/ "

somewhere there is a girl out there which will ultimately be responsible for 3.5 billion deaths because she wouldn't give him a ride shift and then bullied him in their home town after it

zuroph

chucken1 wrote: »

It may be too late

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055451745

Man flu...

wait a minute...

A Dutch researcher has created a virus with the potential to kill half of the planet’s population

OMG!!!! the male half?!?! :eek:

Icyseanfitz

and idiot of the year goes to...stupid ass scientist, im buying myself a tent and supplies so i can live on a mountain when the **** hits the fan

Stiffler2

ahhh - so this is how they are going to reduce the population to save "Mother Earth"


Good Idea IMO - too many of us

LK_Dave

Conor108 wrote: »

How did he drive to work each morning without stopping and thinking "Wait wtf am I doing?!"

Being Dutch he probably cycled!!!

Raging_Ninja

Saila wrote: »

pot. kettle. black

Not particularly, anthrax is naturally occuring and all you need to do to cultivate it is get sheep and brush them down, then put the spores into an oven at ~37 degrees celcius, provided with sufficient nutrient agar. A fairly basic working knowledge of microbiology, a handful of sheep and a kitchen will get you that far. Therefore studying it is fairly important.

However, anthrax isn't that much of a problem. You need to inhale a lot of spores in order to get pulmonary anthrax, which has a 90% death rate provided victims don't seek treatment. Problem is, you'll know you've been infected (you'll see the cloud of spores coming at you) and can get a course of antibiotics to deal with it.

A terrorist group cultivated a large quantity of anthrax spores and dumped it out an apartment window in Tokyo. The wind dispersed the anthrax, and nobody inhaled sufficient quantities to develop symptoms. It was only discovered when members of the same terrorist group were interrogated by the Japanese police for the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

Doom

Banking crisis solved.....

orourkeda

Is it worse than diarrhoea?

Dotrel

orourkeda wrote: »

Is it worse than diarrhoea?

Yes. It's even worse than Chris Rea.

dr gonzo

When IT people get bored they flip a colleagues desktop upside down for giggles. When microbiologists get bored they think of ingenious new ways to kill three and a half billion people...

What.the.****.

AnonoBoy

Can't see anything going wrong at all with this.

John Doe1

They should release it just once for the craic

Kaneda_

They should release it in offaly

yermanoffthetv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMSSRweLWM

Aaaaaaargh! Its spread to China already :eek:
THE WORLD IS FCUK3d!!!

The Outside Agency

Scientists in Netherlands have developed in a lab an airborne strain of H5N1.

"We have discovered that this is indeed possible, and more easily than previously thought. In the laboratory, it was possible to change H5N1 into an aerosol-transmissible virus that can easily be rapidly spread through the air,"

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/20/scientists-spark-fears-by-creating-highly-contagious-airborne-strain-bird-flu/#ixzz1h5Okw8ON

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/terror-fear-scientists-create-killer-flu-114600583.html

Saila

release the hounds! virus!

The Outside Agency

The fact they've proven it's possible can only lead to other nutjob scientists developing other viruses that spread through the air rather than through human contact.

jonnyfingers

I'm just reading Stephen King's "The Stand". Seems fitting for this story.

TeddyTedson

sounds like it could be fun:)
I'd love to spray it in work and I'd be the only one left:D

RichieC

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmS96qYfRBQydqoJwt3f9Fv3wVZXnt8dQ7HjfHIhEKNLYSdIc2

The Outside Agency

Well, let's say they make AIDS airborne, surely that would be fun to find out too?

Biggins

jonnyfingers wrote: »

I'm just reading Stephen King's "The Stand". Seems fitting for this story.

"The White Plague" would be more fitting.
One scary book - more so because its possible and based on a mans revenge and tech skills.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Plague

Plazaman

Ah, Scientists! What the most dangerous thing we can do that could possibly wipe out the planets population? Excellent, let's do it sure it could never fall into the wrong hands.