[FreepForever]

Regarding your reply to 11B3, here's a scenrio for you to consider:

A microbiogy scientist who works in the bioweapon had a very small accident, like having a punctured biohazard suit without knowing it. He was contaminated and still within the incubation of the virus (up to 11 days) he went back to his home province in Guangdong during weekend and transmitted the decease to his family. His family feel unwell, thought that it was just common flu and went to the local hospital. The family, with or without the scientist, were hospitalized. The entire hospital (doctors, nurse and patients) is contaminated. Without knowing the contagious capability of the virus, the medical workers went on the transmit the decease to their families. The virus is spread to the entire community.

Does it sound impossible to you?

[Filibuster_60]

Sounds plausible, except we can speculate all we want. There's tons of other scenarios one might imagine, but for the time being it's pointless since China officially doesn't have any germ weapons whatsoever, and nobody's going to send inspectors there.

It's still beyond me that any government, even China's, would pursue such a weapon in this increasingly interdependent world.

[Feiny]

Impossible? No, but unlikely. The rate of contamination would be much higher. There would be thousands of cases....not hundreds.