Scientists smuggling deadly viruses 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 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: 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 ). In other words:    illegal smuggling of Ebola by international scientists - in several cases - according to Kristian Andersen, citing Heymann et al, allegedly How can that even be written in an academic paper published by Cell - and not spark a criminal investigation? International Scientists smuggling deadly Ebola viruses! - sorry, i can't get over that. That's the hide-in-plain-sight behaviour that the real cohort of high risk individuals gets away with inside the international science scene.