America is opposed to the destruction of the terrible smallpox virus in stock!

The Dhaka Times Desk Smallpox virus, one of the deadliest in history, was eradicated from the world in 1979, but there is a stockpile of the virus in a specially guarded laboratory in a special chamber in America, which the US administration does not want to completely destroy.

The dreaded smallpox virus killed 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Over the centuries, smallpox has killed a third of people. After the successful development of a safe smallpox vaccine, the disease was completely eradicated from the world in 1979. However, although smallpox was eradicated from the world at that time, the virus is still stored in two heavily guarded laboratories in the United States and Russia. There, more detailed research on this virus continues. Meanwhile, in the future, smallpox infection will occur again in the world, but a special vaccine has been invented to prevent it.

WHO member countries had long ago decided that live virus stocks would be destroyed once the disease was eradicated. However, no decision was taken at that time as to when exactly the virus would be destroyed. As a result, the health ministries of various countries now think that this virus should be destroyed now. However, the US administration disagrees and they feel that the time has not come to destroy this virus.

Meanwhile, various circles think that if this virus is in the hands of a single country, it is likely to be used as a biological weapon in the future. Moreover, it is also being considered whether the disease can spread due to terrorist attacks or laboratory accidents. World health ministers will meet again at the end of this month to decide on this virus.

বিভিন্ন স্বাস্থ্য বিষয়ক গবেষণা সংস্থা মনে করছেন এই ভাইরাস এখনই নির্মূল করা জরুরী। তারা বলছেন, সিনথেটিক বায়োলজির কল্যাণে ‘কৃত্রিম’ ভাবে এ ভাইরাস তৈরি সম্ভব হয়ে উঠছে। অবশ্য এ প্রযুক্তির শুভ এবং অশুভ দু’টি দিকই রয়েছে। থার্ড ওয়ার্ল্ড নেটওয়ার্কের “লিম লি চিং” মনে করেন “ভ্যারাইওলা” নামের গুটিবসন্তের ভাইরাস ধ্বংসের সময় এসেছে। উন্নয়নশীল দেশগুলোর পক্ষ নিয়ে লবি করার তৎপরতার নিযুক্ত এবং গুটিবসন্তের ভাইরাস ধ্বংসের বিষয়টি সমর্থন করছে এ সংস্থাটি। লিম লি চিং বলেন, গুটিবসন্ত নিয়ে গবেষণা কার্যকর ভাবে সফল হয়েছে এবং এ ভাইরাসের মজুদ ধ্বংসের পক্ষে যে কোনো সময়ের চেয়ে অনেক বেশি জোরালো যুক্তি রয়েছে।

Why the United States opposes the destruction of its stockpile of the dreaded smallpox virus despite the views of all international health organizations remains a mystery and a mystery to the world.

Source: Daily Mail