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‘Outbreak to anarchy in 6 days’: National security journalist warns Glenn Beck nightmare pathogens are sitting in labs

theblaze.com · 10d · first reportShare

If COVID-19 nearly broke civilization with a 1% fatality rate, can you imagine the pandemonium a more lethal pathogen would cause? According to national security journalist Annie Jacobsen — author of “Biological War: A Scenario” — society should be reckoning with that very question because genetically modified pathogens with a 100% kill rate are sitting in laboratories right now. In an interview with Glenn Beck, Jacobsen explained that these pathogens aren’t theoretical — and that a real-world release would move far faster and more destructively than most people grasp. The prospect of a pandemic that makes COVID-19 look like child’s play terrifies Glenn — not just because of the lethal implications of such an event but also because society has never been so skeptical of the government and institutionalized science. If something truly deadly escaped, how many would even believe it? “The trust is gone. It’s just gone,” Glenn says. “If an outbreak happened today, half of the country would