Could a virus be genetically modified to target a specific human population?

That's the plot of lot of sci-fi stories, but on most of them the virus just affect all humans and get out of control.

But lets say that my Umbrella corporation wants to target a specific human population (e.g or people of color or with certain traits) and they have all the resources money can buy, all the best high security labs in space or deep sea whatever, all the best experts, and all the time to do tests and trials (all that people that disappear mysteriously must go somewhere right ?).

Could we develop a virus that target a specific human population and not all humans with current technology or within 1 or 2 centuries ahead from now ? What would be the most likely technique used by them to achieve that effect (e.g virus only active with certain conditions, or certain temperatures if you want to kill people in Africa but not in Greenland, a virus that infects everyone but only kills when certain chemicals are present, etc) ?

Perhaps this should be a new question, but would be possible to design this virus in a way that it won't mutate with time and extinct humanity?

It's okay to infect non-targets but they should only cause diseases in the target group and they better be 100% sure about this. Main targets would be Arab populations and people with special needs.

posted almost 9 years ago

Freedo‭

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