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The following article is a speculative report but not without basis. Genetic experimentation is notorious for being indifferent to the Law of Unintended consequences.
ZIKA VIRUS |
In spite of our human arrogance, this Earth belongs to microbes. Microbes outnumber us, they rule over us, and they will outlast us. I would like to encourage everyone to learn more about them, and viruses in particular.
Viruses are ancient, mysterious, and fascinating infectious agents with unique ways for reproducing, evolving, and surviving.
Although they are inert outside a host, they act as a regular life form once they invade a host (which could be another virus!).
Large portions of our human genome are of viral origin.
At several points in our animal ancestors' lives there were viruses that invaded them and mixed their viral genes with the genes of the animal host in symbiotic relationships that last to this day.
Please read article on how humans would not exist without viral contribution to their genome. Viruses allow for the existence of the placenta. VIRUS MADE HUMAN EXISTENCE POSSIBLE
Zika Outbreak Epicenter In Same Area Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Released In 2015
THE MIRROR, UK - The Zika virus outbreak currently gripping the Americas could have been sparked by the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in 2012, critics say.
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