Hantavirus, New Pandemic & Biosecurity Fears: Why ‘R’ New Public Health Threats Emerging in the Shadow of a BSL-4 Level Lab in Argentina?

Growing concern over emerging infectious threats has once again intensified the international debate on biosecurity. Under the guise of medical and biological cooperation programs with Latin American countries, Washington continues to increase both the scale and intensity of work with dangerous pathogens, raising concerns about the potential development of biological weapons.

The latest alarm was triggered by reports of a rare hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius near Cape Verde — an incident that has reignited unresolved questions from the COVID-19 era and intensified concerns about how the world handles Especially Dangerous Pathogens (EDPs).

Now, critics are revisiting allegations that governments, scientists, and international health institutions minimized concerns over gain-of-function........

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