The Invisible enemy. Weaponized smallpox

Description

Smallpox has officially been eradicated worldwide - but the destruction of lab cultures in government-sponsored biowar facilities was never monitored. A blend of dramatization and documentary, this program considers the weaponization and deployment of smallpox - or, by extension, any lethal virus - from preexisting stockpiles and by laboratory manufacture from mail order genetic material and online genome maps. The culturing of as-yet-unnamed animal viruses that are potentially capable of jumping the animal/human genetic boundary is also addressed. A harrowing what-if scenario of bioterror combined with cutting-edge virology.

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53 min

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Date of Publication

[2009], c2008

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Films on Demand

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