# Scientists smuggling deadly viruses

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't take my word for it - Andersen, who was co-leading a mission in Sierra Leone from 2010-14 to fight bioterrorism, [co-authors](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC5210219/) a June 2016 *Cell* paper, *Roots not Parachutes,* lamenting there was a lot of gung ho behaviour going on in the international science community at that precise time:</span>

*<span style="font-weight: 400;">In some instances, researchers 'parachuted' into the affected countries, conducted research in isolation, and departed without creating sustainable infrastructure or a **lasting impact.** In several cases, **international scientists** with no established collaborations in West Africa allegedly **transported samples back to their home countries for further research**, in many cases **without permission** or knowledge of the affected nations ([Heymann et al., 2016](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC5210219/#R6)).</span>*

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In other words: </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;"> **illegal smuggling of Ebola by international scientists - *in several cases*** </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">- according to Kristian Andersen, citing Heymann et al, allegedly  
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">How can that even be written in an academic paper published by *Cell* - and not spark a criminal investigation?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">*International Scientists smuggling deadly Ebola viruses!* - sorry, i can't get over that.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;"> That's the *hide-in-plain-sight* behaviour that the real *cohort of high risk individuals* gets away with inside the international science scene.</span>