The Age of Bioengineered Viral Pandemics and Collapse

New technologies such as bioengineering could enable a small terrorist group, or even one dedicated individual, to modify and release a new virus that could cause both a pandemic and, as people react, a collapse in economic activity and possibly law and order. A host of experts says such bioengineered viral pandemics (BVP) are inevitable since it is increasingly easy to modify an existing pathogen to make it more lethal or transmissible. This article explains why this bleak coming “Age of BVP” is almost upon us.