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Leprosy is bacterial. In addition to curing leprosy with antibiotics, we also have anti-biotic resistant leprosy. What prevents a terrorist from deliberately infecting themself with leprosy and then engaging in promiscuous activity? How would a city like San Francisco, Washington DC, Paris or Berlin react to leprosy? When leprosy has a long incubation period, are we certain that leprosy isn't spreading already?
martyb: I was debating whether or not to run this story; from the Wikipedia page, "Contrary to popular belief, it is not highly contagious." But, there is more to this than just antibiotic-resistant leprosy. It invites discussion as to other agents with delayed response that could be employed. In addition, given a terrorist's intention to affect some other group, what options do they have which would affect that group without also adversely affecting their own group? How many of their own group are people willing to "harm" in the pursuit of harm to another group?
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday May 07 2017, @03:11AM (3 children)
I didn't like it but I augmented the story with some actual links.
Lets get that hot bioterror.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @03:17AM (2 children)
Hasn't Bill Gates terrified the world enough with his Blue Screens and Windows10? Now he is an expert on ABC's? (Atomic, biological, chemical warfare, a somewhat dated acronym, but suitable, in this case.)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday May 07 2017, @03:21AM (1 child)
Read up on the Gates foundation. He's been all into malaria, other diseases, toilets, etc. Maybe the.mutterings of Musky and Hawking will get him complaining about artificial intelligence. He is no longer the man who cares about Windows. He is in billionaire TED talk philanthropy mode.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @03:27AM
There is no "Gates Foundation"! There is the "Bill and MELINDA Gates Foundation". Ol' Bill never even thought about being a philanthropist until his wife used the clue stick on him. Explains why he's not very good at it, not enough time to practice! Certainly not 10,000 hours.