Friday, May 9, 2014

Humanity gets what it deserves . . . .

You know your species is doomed when, among failing a multitude of other obvious moral quandaries, it can't even decide whether or not to eradicate a horrible disease:

Keep Or Kill Last Lab Stocks Of Smallpox? Time To Decide, Says WHO
by Rob Stein

NPR - May 9, 2014

"If smallpox is outlawed, only outlaws will have smallpox," says one NIH virologist. Others say keeping vials of deadly virus just invites a horrific accident or theft. WHO is about to vote — again.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/09/310475511/keep-or-kill-last-lab-stocks-of-smallpox-time-to-decide-says-who?sc=ipad&f=1001

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