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Related: The origin of the biohazard symbol https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160837/http://www.hms.harvard.edu/orsp/coms/BiosafetyResources/History-of-Biohaz

• mrxd 6y ago
  > We wanted something that was memorable but meaningless, so we could educate people as to what it means. That is an incredible statement. I would think you’d want a symbol that represents danger to be intuitive.
  • jrootabega 6y ago
    Probably wanted to avoid something you could be used to, or confuse or dilute with some other form of danger. I think they wanted to make sure this particular form of danger was known to be especially silent, horrible, and potent.
  • SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
    It did not turn out meaningless though. Looks like a virus with spikes.