have the government released airbourne jerms?

Answer 1

SHHH, Yes they have and be careful they also have mind reading capabilities. Make sure you wear your aluminum foil hat it inhibits their ability to read your mind. Oh I gotta go I think they are spying on me right now!!!

Answer 2

The answer is yes!

The Geneva Convention in 1937 banned the use of biological and chemical warfare.

During World War 2 the infamous "Unit 731" of the Japanese army conducted a large number of unethical and grisly human experiments into bioweapons. These experiments were carried out on thousands of Chinese and Korean prisoners, in occupied China. However, after the war, president Truman signed a secret deal with the Unit 731 scientists, exempting them from war crimes prosecution in exchange for their experimental data.

Even after the signing of the Geneva Convention, the USSR performed highly clandestine bioweapons research, under the codename "Biopreparat." This research probably continued until the Soviet collapse in the early 90's, and little is known about it even today.

Thus, the US began a large, top secret bioweapons program, which operated from about 1945-1971, and investigated the potential of biowarfare as an alternative to nukes.

Many tests of active pathogens used volunteers both paid and non-paid, military and non-military, however what has been shown is that the risks involved were often not properly communicated to the volunteers. Many tests have also been performed on animals and plants, both in controlled environments and also "in the wild".

Between 1949 and 1969 the US may have performed as many as 239 open-air tests of both simulated and active pathogens. All of these tests were done without public knowledge. In some cases tests with simulated bioweapons where carried out on subways, public buildings, and even whole cities. These were all kept top secret.

Many sources have blamed the US for performing active combat testing of bioweapons during both the Korean and Vietnam wars. This is still a matter of controversy and has yet to be conclusively proved or disproved.

In 1972, president Reagan signed the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention, which banned "development, production and stockpiling of microbes or their poisonous products except in amounts necessary for protective and peaceful research." (a fine example of diplomatic double-talk....) After this, the US largely dismantled it biological research program, but did not destroy many of it's stockpiles, as evidenced by the 2001 anthrax mail scare.

The treaty cites the supposedly unpredictable or uncontrollable nature of biowarefare, but this is only partly true. Bioweapons may have the potential to kill or incapacitate 70-90% of those exposed to them, they are dirt cheap when compared to nuclear weapons, and may even be cheaper than some chemical weapons. In most cases it is possible to easily inoculate or protect friendly forces from them. The real difficulty lies in effectively dispersing the agents in a combat situation, and by the end of the program the US had shown a lot of promise in that direction.

The real reason the program was dismantled is probably that the US simply didn't want to "let the cat out of the bag", like they did with nuclear weapons. They didn't want to let the world know just how cheap and and devastating, such an indiscriminate weapon could be.

Well I hope that was informative (and scary.)
~Donkey Hotei

Answer 3

There are several countries like North Korea working on weaponizing things like the bird flu. There is evidence that germ warfare was used to devestate western tribes with smallpox infected blankets in teh late 1800's. Saddam had bragged he would release West Nile Virus in the USA and the first recorded cases were in the vicinity of the UN building in NYC, but it proved a greater threat to the racehorse industry. I doubt our government has released any germs lately, because germs/viruses mutate unpredictably, that's what makes developing serums so hard. It's argued the best way to fight a disease like bird flu is to develope natural immunity and that all these anti-biotics are just helping breed the superbugs.

Answer 4

Not airbourne ones. The common term for them is a politician.

Answer 5

not sure about jerms, but don't think they have released any germs yet anyway (what sort were you thinking of?)

Answer 6

Germs... it's spelt germs. But really, what is the point in replying to this question when the person who is asking it doesn't even know how to spell what they are asking?

Answer 7

Why, what makes you think they may have released germs?

Answer 8

No, but they have released spelling classes.

Answer 9

what a silly ******* question