Gates: Beware of genetic engineering to create a super plague that kills tens of millions of people a year
Release date: 2017-02-21
The next global outbreak of epidemics may be motivated by terrorists in front of computer screens. Terrorists can synthesize smallpox flu by genetic engineering, or synthesize a highly infectious and deadly flu virus that kills tens of millions of people.
On February 18, local time, at the security conference in Munich, Germany, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft who first attended the conference, conveyed the above concerns and warnings.
Gates’s fears are not alarmist. The British "Guardian" said that British and US intelligence agencies have found that ISIS has been trying to develop biological weapons at bases in Syria and Iraq. Security experts also say that the threat of bioterrorism has become more realistic in the past decade, especially in the past five years, as the development of molecular biology has made the development of biological weapons easier.
Gates said, "epidemic experts say that whether it is a natural accidental trigger or a terrorist, once these highly contagious deadly pathogens move quickly in the air, then in less than a year, it can Killing 30 million people. Epidemiologists believe that there is a certain probability of such a disaster in the next 10 to 15 years."
In his speech, Gates also said that it is difficult for the public to imagine what kind of plague is at this level. But in human history, the Great Plague has not only occurred many times, but the last time it was in the 20th century. In 1918, a particularly powerful and deadly flu virus claimed the lives of 50 million to 100 million people.
Gates said that there has been no major plague in recent decades, and it does not mean that it will not happen in the future. Even if the next epidemic outbreak does not reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish flu, it is equally unacceptable. For example, when the Ebola virus enters the city center, there will be dramatic social and economic turmoil.
In addition to issuing warnings to the world, Gates also mentioned the method of prevention in his speech. He said that to prevent the epidemic from spreading out of control on a global scale, it still relies on biotechnology, new vaccines and drugs.
“Our efforts to deal with the plague caused by natural causes apply equally to bioterrorism attacks. Preparing for a global epidemic is as important as avoiding nuclear wars and climate disasters. Innovation, cooperation and meticulous planning can Greatly mitigate the risks posed by each threat," Gates said.
It is worth mentioning that although this is the first time Gates appeared at the Munich security conference, this is not the first time that the billionaire has talked about the bioterrorism crisis on the international stage. At the Davos Forum in Switzerland in January this year, Gates also made an appeal at the panel discussion.
At the panel discussion at the Davos Forum, Gates said, "Organizations to prevent such incidents need to discuss how to deal with bioterrorism attacks. It is currently difficult to predict the probability of bioterrorism outbreaks, but its potential The damage is very huge. I hope that there will be more investment in this area in the next few years."
Last year, on the news site Reddit, Gates also said: "I am worried that terrorists will use biological tools. Of course, the same tools can be used in the right direction."
Currently, Gates has helped set up the Alliance for Epidemiological Response Innovation (CEPI), an organization that specializes in preventing and responding to epidemics. Currently, the organization has received nearly $460 million in initial investment funding from the German, Japanese, Norwegian governments, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Foundation.
Source: 澎湃News
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