we have all witnessed the horrors of
what one virus can do. the coronavirus
brought the entire world to a grinding
Halt, and it took massive containment
measures on a global scale. vaccines were
developed rapidly to hold the spread of
the virus.
that was just one virus
at its peak ,also its fatality rate was
not more than four percent .and now what
would happen if the world comes ,face to
face with an even deadliest strain of an
unknown virus.
well there could be many such viruses
hidden deep within the permafrost.
the palm of frost is a permanently
Frozen layer,
or one on or under the Earth’s surface.
it consists of soil gravel and sand,
usually bound together by Ice .and now a
warming planet is causing the glaciers
to melt.
what I mean to say is that our
protective white layer is melting more
rapidly than we can imagine . earlier our
main concern was the amount of
greenhouse gases being released
from the frost melting away.
but now we have a different concern
altogether , it is the release of
dangerous ancient microbes buried deep
under the permanent Frozen Zone .and this
is according to researchers who revived
nearly dozen viruses including one
Frozen under a lake more than 48 000
years ago
in the Siberia region of Russia.
the researchers who have revived a
number of these zombie viruses as
they’re now being called , have found the
potential Revival of viruses could
infect animals or humans.
now this is quite problematic
moreover in a report published in
science alert the same was reiterated by
the lead researcher
Jean-Marie Olympic , from the French
national Center for scientific research
said that ,these reanimating viruses are
potentially a significant threat to
Public Health. although further study
needs to be done to assess the danger
that these infectious agents could pose.
as they are eventually released into the
atmosphere.
now this is a cause of concern as a
virus is something that is neither
living or dead.
and it has the capability
of being dominant for many years.
but now with the permafrost melting away
these viruses pose a significant threat
to Public Health.
and clearly it once again shows The
Perils of playing with nature and
clearly, more research is needed to
evaluate the dangers associated with
climate change
together.