The pathogens in Ukrainian labs vary by facility, Pope said, but some can be characterized as presenting a concern in the Ukrainian environment. As an example, he cited African swine fever virus, which is highly contagious in pigs and has caused hundreds of outbreaks in Ukraine since 2012.** Some labs, he said, may hold pathogen strains left over from the Soviet bioweapons program, preserved in freezers for research purposes.**
In the DoD DTRA BTRIC / CTRIC contracts awarded to government contractors since 2007 the statement of objectives mentioned bringing former soviet bioweapons experts into the Western world or something like that...
2.5 Encourage higher standards of openness, ethics, and conduct, to **integrate former biological weapons scientists **and institutes into the Western scientific community via CBR projects, transfer pathogen strains, and send reports to the United States.
Dear US official,
Then please do not release dangerous pathogens.
In the DoD DTRA BTRIC / CTRIC contracts awarded to government contractors since 2007 the statement of objectives mentioned bringing former soviet bioweapons experts into the Western world or something like that...
Link to RFP in the federal acquisition database: https://sam.gov/opp/198496bb348c52044f799a62237793a8/view
Statement of Objectives direct link from 2007 announcement: https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/9744890937d04a23846b4f3c58b33367/download?&status=archived&token=
Nonsense.