[...]Apart from the obvious - that a killer virus emerging from military bases is highly suspicious - we should take note of its similarity to the Spanish flu of 1918-1919, which also preferred young and healthy victims. Curiously enough, in 2005 a group of scientists were able to recreate the virus.
So far, the only thing that appears to make the Spanish flu much more of a threat than the new virus is that the former was much more virulent. Viruses, though, tend to mutate, and we suggest to keep an eye on this one - just in case the connection with the military is not a mere coincidence, and therefore there is a likely intention of spreading it among the population, especially when taken together with the strange deaths of leading microbiologists. And you can add another to the list.
If such a criminal intention is real, then the criminals, acting from positions of power in the dark, are not dissimilar from the mafia, and like the mafia, it would make sense for them to send violent and intimidating messages to other players if needed. Could it be that the recent case of the two French biochemist students who were murdered in London was meant as a warning of sorts? It is unlikely that the work of any two students alone can make any difference on a global scale. But perhaps the work of the sponsoring institutions - the London Imperial College and the Polytech Clermont-Ferrard - could, or the work of the academic sphere as a whole.
The murder of the students was remarkable because of the apparent lack of motive, the unnecessary and extreme violence used, and the fact that each of them was researching a hot topic of our times: Laurent Bonomo was studying the proteins that cause infectious disease, while Gabriel Ferez hoped to become an expert in ecofriendly fuels.
