stockpiles are not required if you have the RNA sequences of the virus... to make matters worse influenza is understood to the extent that any sophomore bio und

stockpiles are not required if you have the RNA sequences of the virus... to make matters worse influenza is understood to the extent that any sophomore bio undergrad has the knowledge to create a nasty version, whether they know it or not...the big hurdle is the equipment which is not intrinsically expensive to build, and the biochemical reagents required e.g. restriction enzymes...