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Top US Doctor Downplays Use of Ebola Virus to Conduct Bio Terror Attack

by Bidita Debnath on Oct 6 2014 11:49 PM

Top US Doctor Downplays Use of Ebola Virus to Conduct Bio Terror Attack

A top American doctor has downplayed concerns about somebody bringing the deadly Ebola disease -in an attempt to conduct a bio-terror attack- across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said on Sunday that he is not worried about an illegal immigrant coming across the border and bringing the epidemic into the U.S. He also said that the virus would be ineffective as a bio-terror weapon, reported Fox News.

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Source-ANI

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