@SitSilver @breakfast_dogs @tommy_cleary A Chinese-language bioweapon book written in 2011 eerily prophesied today’s situation. The book is marketed as a bioweapon introductory for teenagers. Why did the Chinese government allow such a book to be published? The book’s purpose appears to indoctrinate teenagers for biological warfare. The book is titled “Cutting-edge Weapons Technology of Keen Interest to Teenagers—Technical Knowledge for Biological Weapons,” written by Feng Wenyuan and published by LiaoHai Publishing House (ISBN: 978-7-5451-1253-5). It used to be downloadable from Amazon Kindle a couple of years ago but has been pulled off shelf. The book mentioned a few interesting points: 1) biological Hiroshima; 2) the world may be destroyed by scientists; 3) humanity will go into extinction if HIV is transmissible by air; 4) chimeric germs with virulence genes borrowed from other pathogens; 5) bioweapon can be deployed by humans or by balloons. In today’s observation, SARS-CoV-2 is not related to HIV, but it can damage the human immune system just like HIV. Below are a few translated excerpts of the book: “In Future Shock, Alvin Toffler wrote, ‘The clock is ticking; we are moving toward a biological Hiroshima.’ This statement speaks precisely to that reality.” “Prof. Yang Huanming, Secretary-General of China’s major ‘Human Genome Project,’ remarked in an interview: ‘Even a small laboratory like ours can do something like linking the HIV virus with the influenza virus—how terrifying is that! It has often been said that the world won’t be destroyed by a few lawless thugs; if it is to be destroyed, it will be by scientists.’” “Although HIV is transmitted only through sexual contact or blood, the number of people infected worldwide is already staggering; if AIDS could be spread simply by sneezing, humanity would likely have gone extinct long ago.” “Furthermore, if oncogenes or genes from the plague-causing Yersinia pestis were inserted into E. coli and allowed to replicate, it could just as easily wipe out all of humanity. There is also a peculiar type of genetic weapon known as ‘fever toxin,’ [sic. botox?] by which a mere 20 grams would suffice to kill off the entire human race.” 托夫勒在《未来的震荡》里说，“时钟滴答作响，我们正在向‘生物学的广岛’靠拢”。说的正是这样一个现实。 中国“人类基因组计划”重大项目秘书长杨焕明在接受记者采访时说，“就连我们这么小的实验室都能做这样的事，把艾滋病毒跟流感病毒连接到一起，多可怕！有人常说过，这个世界不是毁在几个不懂法的流氓手里，要毁就毁在科学家手里。” 艾滋病毒虽只通过性交合血液，尚且在世界范围有如此巨大的感染人群，如果打一个喷嚏就可以传播艾滋病，恐怕人类早就灭绝了。 再有，如果把引起鼠疫的鼠疫杆菌的基因或致癌基因移入大肠杆菌中，令其繁殖，同样可以轻松毁灭全人类。还有一种叫“热毒素”的奇特基因武器，只需20克便可致全人类于死地。 “Compared to other modern weaponry, genetic weapons—in addition to being difficult to defend against and hard to treat—offer advantages such as low cost, ease of manufacture, convenience of use, and immense lethality. They can be deployed via human means, conventional artillery, warships, aircraft, balloons, or missiles, targeting enemy front lines, rear areas, waterways, cities, and transportation hubs to rapidly spread disease.” “Introducing a ‘genetic weapon’ based on a super-virulent hemorrhagic fever pathogen into an adversary's water system could incapacitate the majority of the population in that watershed—an effect dozens of times more devastating than a nuclear weapon. The deployment of genetic weapons in future conflicts would fundamentally transform the nature of warfare: “The mode of warfare would shift. Hostile parties might employ genetic weapons prior to war to devastate enemy personnel and living environments, thereby stripping a nation or people of their combat capability and economic vitality, and leading to their subjugation without a single shot being fired.” “Military organizational structures would undergo change. Combat units would likely be slashed in number, while medical support units would likely be expanded.” 基因武器与其他现代化武器比较，除不易防御和被害后难治疗等特点以外，还有成本低、易制造、使用方便、杀伤力大等优势。基因武器可以用人工、普通火炮、军舰、飞机、气球或导弹进行施放，可以投在对方的前线、后方、江河湖泊、城市和交通要冲使疾病迅速传播。 将一种超级出血热菌的“基因武器”投入对方水系，会使水系流域的居民多数丧失生活能力，这要比核弹杀伤力大几十倍。一旦基因武器投入未来战争，将使未来战争发生巨大变化： 战争模式将发生变化。敌对双方可能在战前使用基因武器，使对方人员及生活环境遭到破坏，导致一个民族、一个国家丧失战斗力，经济衰退，在不流血中被征服。 军队的编制体制结构将发生变化。战斗部队将减少，而卫生勤务保障部队可能要增加。