What if terrorists take a flu strain or other infectious disease and manipulate it to make a killer flu? What is the likelihood of that happening?
Genetic manipulation of biological agents to make them “weapons grade” requires significant technological support, and it is generally believed that this would need to be sponsored by the finances of an international government or state. Although this type of global attack could be possible, international safeguards are in place to prevent and detect any rogue efforts to develop biological weapons of mass destruction of this nature.
