The “Mammothpox” virus that can emerge from a frozen prehistoric animal and threaten humanity

International experts carried out an educational scenario to address a threat that, according to them, could be the source of the next pandemic: ancient animals that are frozen on the ground. The exercise, called Exercise Polaris, was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and faced experts from 15 countries with a fantastic virus, the so -called “Mammothpox”. According to the Daily Mail, the group had the mission to limit the spread of a pathogen that came from the frozen mammoth bun, which infected scientists and a cinematic crew that they discovered before the virus spread worldwide. Although the scenario and the virus were absolutely fantastic, scientists warn that the threat of “zombie viruses” released from the melting of frost due to climate change is real. Experts have identified that the so -called “Mathusala germs” can remain inactive on the ground and bodies of frozen animals, such as mammoths, for tens of thousands of years. If one such […]
Source: News Beast

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