#biologicalweapons — Public Fediverse posts
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OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic warn AI could help people build biological weapons
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/ai-bioweapon-warning-dna-screening/
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OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic warn AI could help people build biological weapons
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/ai-bioweapon-warning-dna-screening/
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New York Times: A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons. This link goes to a gift article. “One evening last summer, Dr. David Relman went cold at his laptop as an A.I. chatbot told him how to plan a massacre. A microbiologist and biosecurity expert at Stanford University, Dr. Relman had been hired by an artificial intelligence company to pressure-test its product before it was […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/new-york-times-a-i-bots-told-scientists-how-to-make-biological-weapons/ -
New York Times: A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons. This link goes to a gift article. “One evening last summer, Dr. David Relman went cold at his laptop as an A.I. chatbot told him how to plan a massacre. A microbiologist and biosecurity expert at Stanford University, Dr. Relman had been hired by an artificial intelligence company to pressure-test its product before it was […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/new-york-times-a-i-bots-told-scientists-how-to-make-biological-weapons/ -
https://www.europesays.com/people/49931/ AI chatbots terrify scientists with ‘chilling’ instructions on how to build biological weapons: report #BiologicalWeapon #BiologicalWeapons #Chatbots #DarioAmodei #DavidRelman #Google #instructions #StanfordUniversity
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#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
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#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
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#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
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#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
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#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
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#BioLab found in #LasVegas is similar to scene discovered in #California, raising questions from officials
By Kerry Breen, Updated on: February 5, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the #CDC,' Zieba said. 'It's almost as if they didn't want anything to do with it.' "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-bio-lab-reedley-california-pathogens/
#USPol #CDCFail #TrumpSucks #HealthAndSafety #BiologicalWeapons #BiologicalWarfare #Biohazard #GermWarfare
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#BioLab found in #LasVegas is similar to scene discovered in #California, raising questions from officials
By Kerry Breen, Updated on: February 5, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the #CDC,' Zieba said. 'It's almost as if they didn't want anything to do with it.' "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-bio-lab-reedley-california-pathogens/
#USPol #CDCFail #TrumpSucks #HealthAndSafety #BiologicalWeapons #BiologicalWarfare #Biohazard #GermWarfare
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#BioLab found in #LasVegas is similar to scene discovered in #California, raising questions from officials
By Kerry Breen, Updated on: February 5, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the #CDC,' Zieba said. 'It's almost as if they didn't want anything to do with it.' "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-bio-lab-reedley-california-pathogens/
#USPol #CDCFail #TrumpSucks #HealthAndSafety #BiologicalWeapons #BiologicalWarfare #Biohazard #GermWarfare
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#BioLab found in #LasVegas is similar to scene discovered in #California, raising questions from officials
By Kerry Breen, Updated on: February 5, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the #CDC,' Zieba said. 'It's almost as if they didn't want anything to do with it.' "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-bio-lab-reedley-california-pathogens/
#USPol #CDCFail #TrumpSucks #HealthAndSafety #BiologicalWeapons #BiologicalWarfare #Biohazard #GermWarfare
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#BioLab found in #LasVegas is similar to scene discovered in #California, raising questions from officials
By Kerry Breen, Updated on: February 5, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the #CDC,' Zieba said. 'It's almost as if they didn't want anything to do with it.' "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-bio-lab-reedley-california-pathogens/
#USPol #CDCFail #TrumpSucks #HealthAndSafety #BiologicalWeapons #BiologicalWarfare #Biohazard #GermWarfare
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In the final stages of World War II, as Japan braced for desperate fighting on its main islands and prepared to mobilize civilians for combat, a laboratory manufactured weapons for guerrilla warfare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/guerrilla-weapons-display/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #kawasaki #kanagawa #chemicalweapons #biologicalweapons #museums
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In the final stages of World War II, as Japan braced for desperate fighting on its main islands and prepared to mobilize civilians for combat, a laboratory manufactured weapons for guerrilla warfare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/guerrilla-weapons-display/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #kawasaki #kanagawa #chemicalweapons #biologicalweapons #museums
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From hidden family records to national archives, a son uncovers a chilling wartime legacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/history/unit-1644-nanjing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons #unit731 #unit1644 #china
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From hidden family records to national archives, a son uncovers a chilling wartime legacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/history/unit-1644-nanjing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons #unit731 #unit1644 #china
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It has been 80 years, but Hideo Shimizu still remembers the 4½ months he spent with Unit 731, the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, like they were yesterday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/history/japan-wwii-unit-731/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons #unit731
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It has been 80 years, but Hideo Shimizu still remembers the 4½ months he spent with Unit 731, the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, like they were yesterday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/history/japan-wwii-unit-731/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons #unit731
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The release of a Chinese film themed on the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731 has been delayed in China without explanation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/unit-731-film-release-delayed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #chinajapanrelations #china #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons
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The release of a Chinese film themed on the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731 has been delayed in China without explanation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/unit-731-film-release-delayed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #chinajapanrelations #china #imperialjapanesearmy #biologicalweapons
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New review: A real-world thriller of hubris, pandemics, and biological weapons, Air-Borne brilliantly tells the complex and multifaceted history of aerobiology.
#Aerobiology #Microbiology #Virology #Disease #Pandemics #PublicHealth #BiologicalWeapons #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm @Carl_Zimmer @bookstodon
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New review: A real-world thriller of hubris, pandemics, and biological weapons, Air-Borne brilliantly tells the complex and multifaceted history of aerobiology.
#Aerobiology #Microbiology #Virology #Disease #Pandemics #PublicHealth #BiologicalWeapons #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm @Carl_Zimmer @bookstodon
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Zimmer delivers again! Review out soon on https://inquisitivebiologist.com
#Aerobiology #Microbiology #Virology #Disease #Pandemics #PublicHealth #BiologicalWeapons #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm @Carl_Zimmer
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Zimmer delivers again! Review out soon on https://inquisitivebiologist.com
#Aerobiology #Microbiology #Virology #Disease #Pandemics #PublicHealth #BiologicalWeapons #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm @Carl_Zimmer
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Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act by Nicholson Baker, 2020
A major new work, a hybrid of history, journalism, and memoir, about the modern Freedom of Information Act – FOIA – and the horrifying, decades-old government misdeeds that it is unable to demystify, from one of America's most celebrated writers.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#USA
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Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act by Nicholson Baker, 2020
A major new work, a hybrid of history, journalism, and memoir, about the modern Freedom of Information Act – FOIA – and the horrifying, decades-old government misdeeds that it is unable to demystify, from one of America's most celebrated writers.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#USA
#FOIA
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The National Archives of Japan has disclosed to researchers the names of members of biological warfare units that the former Imperial Japanese Army had stationed in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/731-member-list/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #imperialjapanesearmy #wwii #biologicalweapons #unit731
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The National Archives of Japan has disclosed to researchers the names of members of biological warfare units that the former Imperial Japanese Army had stationed in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/731-member-list/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #imperialjapanesearmy #wwii #biologicalweapons #unit731
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https://www.alojapan.com/1279030/name-lists-of-former-imperial-japanese-army-biowarfare-units-released/ Name lists of former Imperial Japanese Army biowarfare units released #BiologicalWeapons #China #ImperialJapaneseArmy #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Unit731 #wwii The National Archives of Japan has disclosed to researchers the names of members of biological warfare units that the former Imperial Japanese Army had stationed in China. Researchers hope the disclosure of the name lists will uncover many mysteries surrounding suc…
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On new Poisons and Pestilence podcast episode I was pleasantly surprised the guest was Reid Kirby, a #military historian of chemical and biological weapons I used to correspond with on those matters from time to time. He discusses the history of #ricin toxin. #BiologicalWeapons #Toxins
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On new Poisons and Pestilence podcast episode I was pleasantly surprised the guest was Reid Kirby, a #military historian of chemical and biological weapons I used to correspond with on those matters from time to time. He discusses the history of #ricin toxin. #BiologicalWeapons #Toxins
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CW: 2025 Doomsday Clock Statement
** It is now 89 seconds to midnight **
** It is now 89 seconds to midnight **
This years (2025)
Doomsday Clock ReportFresh off the presses ...
https://thebulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Doomsday-Clock-Statement.pdf
One paragraph ::> Blindly continuing on the current path is a form of madness.
> The United States, China, and Russia have the collective power to destroy civilization.
> These three countries have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink, and they can do so if their leaders seriously commence good-faith discussions about the global threats outlined...
> The world depends on immediate action.
( Leaders and Leadership are going to need some redefinition as well. )
Nine pages scope Nuke Climate Biological Weapons, Artificial Intelligence , Disruptive IT/propaganda systems, and Pandemic type events.
#DoomsDayClock #NuclearWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #AI #ComputerScience #Pandemic
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CW: 2025 Doomsday Clock Statement
** It is now 89 seconds to midnight **
** It is now 89 seconds to midnight **
This years (2025)
Doomsday Clock ReportFresh off the presses ...
https://thebulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Doomsday-Clock-Statement.pdf
One paragraph ::> Blindly continuing on the current path is a form of madness.
> The United States, China, and Russia have the collective power to destroy civilization.
> These three countries have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink, and they can do so if their leaders seriously commence good-faith discussions about the global threats outlined...
> The world depends on immediate action.
( Leaders and Leadership are going to need some redefinition as well. )
Nine pages scope Nuke Climate Biological Weapons, Artificial Intelligence , Disruptive IT/propaganda systems, and Pandemic type events.
#DoomsDayClock #NuclearWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #AI #ComputerScience #Pandemic
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In recent weeks, Russian officials have publicly confirmed that the scientists will use the labs to study deadly microbes such as the Ebola viruses, in an effort to strengthen the country's defenses against #bioterrorism as well as future pandemics. Under CDC guidelines, US research on Ebola is restricted to laboratories rated as "biological safety level 4" (BSL-4), equipped to handle the most lethal & incurable kinds of viruses & bacteria.
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In recent weeks, Russian officials have publicly confirmed that the scientists will use the labs to study deadly microbes such as the Ebola viruses, in an effort to strengthen the country's defenses against #bioterrorism as well as future pandemics. Under CDC guidelines, US research on Ebola is restricted to laboratories rated as "biological safety level 4" (BSL-4), equipped to handle the most lethal & incurable kinds of viruses & bacteria.
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Satellite imagery over the next 2 years — collected by Google Earth & commercial imaging firms MAXAR & Planet Labs — shows construction vehicles renovating the old Soviet-era laboratory & breaking ground on 10 new buildings, totaling more than 250,000 square feet, w/several of them bearing hallmarks of biological labs designed to handle extremely dangerous #pathogens.
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Satellite imagery over the next 2 years — collected by Google Earth & commercial imaging firms MAXAR & Planet Labs — shows construction vehicles renovating the old Soviet-era laboratory & breaking ground on 10 new buildings, totaling more than 250,000 square feet, w/several of them bearing hallmarks of biological labs designed to handle extremely dangerous #pathogens.
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A few months after #Russia began its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, satellite imagery captured unusual activity at a restricted #military research facility nestled among the birch forests northeast of Moscow.
The site, called #SergievPosad6, had been quiet for decades, but it had a notorious Cold War past: It had once been a major research center for #BiologicalWeapons, w/a history of experiments w/the viruses that cause smallpox, Ebola & hemorrhagic fevers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2024/russia-biological-chemical-weapons-laboratory-expansion/ -
A few months after #Russia began its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, satellite imagery captured unusual activity at a restricted #military research facility nestled among the birch forests northeast of Moscow.
The site, called #SergievPosad6, had been quiet for decades, but it had a notorious Cold War past: It had once been a major research center for #BiologicalWeapons, w/a history of experiments w/the viruses that cause smallpox, Ebola & hemorrhagic fevers.
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@armscontrolnow is polling for their Arms Control Person Of the Year (#ACPOY2023 ) until 11 January and you can still vote!
They’ve also had small toots about nominees but the link to the vote page hasn’t worked so check their profile, give them a follow, and vote. #ArmControl #ArmsControlAssociation
Among topics related… #BiologicalWeapons #ChemicalWeapons #ClusterMunitions #LethalAutonomousWeaponsSystems #NuclearWeapons
https://www.armscontrol.org/2023-12/2023-arms-control-persons-year-nominees
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The Tokyo District Court ruled on Wednesday that executives of spray dryer firm Ohkawara Kakohki were wrongly indicted over allegations it exported equipment that could be converted into weapons without government approval. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/27/japan/crime-legal/ohkawara-kakohki-ruling-investigation-fabrication/?utm_content=bufferff2aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #ohkawarakakohki #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #biologicalweapons
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The Tokyo District Court ruled on Wednesday that executives of spray dryer firm Ohkawara Kakohki were wrongly indicted over allegations it exported equipment that could be converted into weapons without government approval. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/27/japan/crime-legal/ohkawara-kakohki-ruling-investigation-fabrication/?utm_content=bufferff2aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #ohkawarakakohki #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #biologicalweapons
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How AI Could Help Plan and Execute a Biological Attack
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDangers #BiologicalWeapons #AIThreats #BiologicalSecurity #RandReport #AIRisks #SecurityGaps #BioWeapons #BiologicalAttack #SecurityRisk
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How AI Could Help Plan and Execute a Biological Attack
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDangers #BiologicalWeapons #AIThreats #BiologicalSecurity #RandReport #AIRisks #SecurityGaps #BioWeapons #BiologicalAttack #SecurityRisk
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Hello world! I'm mainly on Mastodon so far but this thing looks pretty nice. It might grow on me.
#introduction
Retired civil servant interested in: #natsec #military #science #bioscience #biology #pandemics #EmergingTechnology #infosec #InfectiousDisease #virology #BiologicalWeapons #intelligence #space #DoD #history #nature #frogs #hiking #antifascist -
Hello world! I'm mainly on Mastodon so far but this thing looks pretty nice. It might grow on me.
#introduction
Retired civil servant interested in: #natsec #military #science #bioscience #biology #pandemics #EmergingTechnology #infosec #InfectiousDisease #virology #BiologicalWeapons #intelligence #space #DoD #history #nature #frogs #hiking #antifascist -
@abesibe @mutter01 @augieray @CDeorum
See the spent-#uranium bombs that were dropped in the #middleEast over the decades.As an aside, there was a US base in #Italy (#Sardenia?). The #USA were conducting #biologicalWeapons tests on the local population (?see #Ukraine more recently?). When the island was experiencing #birthDefects the US General(?) #explainedAway the problem by saying italian people inbreed.