Whether the
coronavirus has penetrated the human body from another animal or has been
deliberately transmitted from the laboratory of the germ weapon, there is a
debate. The United States, China, Iran, Russia, Britain have been spreading
various conspiracy theories against each other. Many experts believe that such
conspiracy theories will only spread fear, rumors and hatred to prevent
international cooperation in the crisis. But, by denying these conspiracy
theories, we are ignoring a very extreme truth. And so, whatever the origin of
the coronavirus, it is now highly true that a number of required characteristics
are present in the coronavirus to be considered as a potential germ-weapon. For
example, it is a highly contagious virus that can survive for days in various
biological liquids such as saliva. Besides, the incubation period of the
coronavirus disease (Covid 19) is long.
So, world leaders must protect the public from the infection of the
Corona virus and ensure that the coronavirus does not become a free readymade
germ-weapon for any terrorist group. World leaders must take it seriously that
the elderly are leading in every field, including politics, economics,
administration, medical, education, military etc. in the world. Frighteningly,
the highest mortality rate in covid 19 is found in the case of the aged people.
This means that it is easier for terrorists to kill the most important people
of the society using coronavirus as germ-weapon. Political leaders are at
the greatest risk. So, the necessary steps must be taken by world leaders to
protect important people from the terrorist attack of coronavirus as soon as
possible. They must remember that terrorists can carry explosives and commit
suicide, so they can be voluntarily infected with coronavirus and then can expose
them to the targeted people to infect them with the coronavirus. Since the
duration of the disease can be up to 15 days, terrorists can reach the desired
person or location by passing the steps of the traditional protection system
before the symptoms of the disease are revealed. There are other ways to infect
the targeted person with a germ weapon that terrorists can use. For example,
the materials used regularly in various political, religious, social and
competitive events such as flower chains and bouquet, medals, microphones etc.
are easily infected by virus-carrying saliva. As a result, those who come into
contact with these materials will be infected with the virus. So, by avoiding
the debate about how the coronavirus originated, world leaders should take
combined efforts to prevent the use of the coronavirus as a weapon by
terrorists.
Dr. Md. Fazlul Haque
Microbiologist and
Associate Professor Department of Zoology
University of Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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