It’s something out of a disaster movie. A mysterious virus is discovered in 30,000 year old ice, perfectly preserved, and modern day scientists put in motion a plan to bring it back to life.
However, this isn’t a story being made in a Hollywood movie studio, but rather in a Siberian tundra.
The French National Centre for Scientific Research team has discovered a prehistoric virus that it believes has been perfectly frozen in ice for 30,000 years. The virus, Mollivirus sibericum, is classified as a “giant virus” due to its relatively large size of .6 microns.
The team plans to reanimate the virus under controlled conditions in order to learn if it presents a possible threat to humans, livestock or other animals. The scientists warn that these viruses could be unleashed on their own due to either climate change or civilization expanded into more remote areas.
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oh great. that should go well ...
ReplyDeleteThat's basically the plot line of the zombie book and subsequent movie World War Z.
ReplyDeletesounds like the plot of a bad science fiction movie
ReplyDeleteWhy?
ReplyDeleteZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TIME
ReplyDeleteThe Last Ship anyone???
ReplyDeleteThey missed a line...
ReplyDelete"The team plans to reanimate the virus under controlled conditions in order to learn if it presents a possible threat to humans, livestock or other animals. If so, they'll weaponize it and sell it to the highest 42 bidders."
So the pharmaceutical companies can make more money on a synthetic drug to combat it. It's all about money.
ReplyDeleteThis is in the bible as well... This will be the virus the bible talks about that will sweep across the world or our country like the bubonic plague and will kill around the same if not more people.... And there will be no cure because it is a virus that has never been seen...
ReplyDeleteNothing can go wrong here...
ReplyDeleteIf they want to bring a mystery virus back to life, go to Iran and do it in case it gets out of control.
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