Scientists Are About To Resurrect A 30,000-Year-Old Virus “To Discover If It Is Harmful To Humans”

[MineralMan]

12. That is a story that has been exaggerated by your linked source.

The reality is that the virus has already been resurrected, as you can learn at the link below:

http://www.nature.com/news/giant-virus-resurrected-from-30-000-year-old-ice-1.14801

Unlike your link, this is an actual science publication link to an actual scientific journal. Nature is a well-respected journal that presents scientific information in language lay readers can easily understand. In that link, you will learn that this type of virus typically infects amoebas, which is how they found it, by using amoebas as bait. The likelihood that it will be dangerous to humans is almost nonexistent.

I encourage you to avoid linking to websites like the one you used. Instead, when you find such a hyperbolic, click-bait link, you do a Google search and look for a legitimate scientific link, such as the one I provided above. That way, you will avoid overstated and inaccurately presented fear-mongering stories about scientific research.

Thank you for your attention.