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A comment on The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function Debate (2015).

Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by rwmj on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:00AM (#28582805)
Can highly recommend Ken Alibek's book about the Russian biological warfare programme "Biohazard". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibek
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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by walterbell on Sunday September 19, 2021 @09:17AM (#28584103)
NIH has a short history of biowarfare, the first date in Table 1 is 1155, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1326439/
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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by inside65 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:23AM (#28583456)
What is it you recommend about it?
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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by rwmj on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:05AM (#28583672)
Goes into detail about all of the Soviet bioweapons programmes, from someone who was quite near the top (I think he was deputy director). It's scary as hell.
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