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I don't worry about easy nukes but I do worry about easy viruses, especially now that we've seen what a pandemic can do. Virus construction is only going to be
by nugget 6y ago
I don't worry about easy nukes but I do worry about easy viruses, especially now that we've seen what a pandemic can do. Virus construction is only going to become easier over time, and at some point, you could imagine any run of the mill biochem lab capable of "printing" a new strain of some infectious disease.
- nvoid 6y agoActivating tin-foil hat Maybe Covid was 'printed'...?
- calvinmorrison 6y agoWhy is that a tinfoil hat? https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/u-s-still-hasn-t-completely-ruled-out-lab-accident-n1258032 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/u-s-still-hasn-t-...
- cameldrv 6y agoIt's already happened. There was at least one lab that, in the early part of the pandemic, created the SARS-CoV-2 live virus based solely on the sequence because the live virus was not yet available. Now, they did have to send out for the DNA synthesis, but this only costs about 50 cents a base pair.