Fears of biological warfare linger, while experts say coronaviruses cannot be controlled
by Abraham Mahshie
| March 31, 2020 04:57 PM
The novel coronavirus is not an ideal biological warfare agent, experts say, because its impact on the United States and adversaries alike cannot be controlled. But China refuses to help the world answer questions about its origin.
“Coronavirus would be a bad candidate to be a bioweapon,†said Thomas Spoehr, head of the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation, who was the U.S. Army’s senior-most officer for chemical and biological weapons during his 36-year military career.
“I love conspiracy theories,†Spoehr admitted to the Washington Examiner, but he said doctors he has spoken to called the coronavirus “a wimp, you know, if you just hit it with a little bit of Purell, it's gonna die.â€
The former lieutenant general said biological weapons must have high-lethality to be effective.
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