TEOTWAWKI 4, Supervirus II: The Human Factor

Earlier this year, a couple of scientists in a laboratory did
something incredible. Using nothing but the genetic code and a
well-equipped lab, they raised the dead. 

Specifically, the extinct horsepox virus was brought back to
life. The scientists said that they didn't do the experiment out
of any malice for horses, but just to demonstrate that - with a
few good biotech experts, a decent lab, and $100,000 - anyone
would soon be able to bring viruses back from the dead.

So what about when that virus is smallpox, capable of killing
millions, with the only surviving samples stored as bioweapons by
the US and the Russians? Could it be that the biotech revolution
- which has such power to save us from our ills and woes - might
doom us as well? And what happens when this power gets into the
hands of more and more people; the power over life and
death? 


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