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If I had some ant colonies at home and after a while my neighbors complained of ants in their apartments, I would certainly audit my ant-husbandry procedures in
by david-gpu 5y ago
If I had some ant colonies at home and after a while my neighbors complained of ants in their apartments, I would certainly audit my ant-husbandry procedures in case some of my ants had escaped.
Ignoring the possibility of an escape, even in the absence of hard data, would be unnecessarily cavalier.
- JoBrad 5y agoYeah, but if your neighbors bred ants that had to be sustained in a specialized environment to stay alive, you wouldn’t blame them for an outbreak. Viruses in the wild must be able to survive the environment, while a lab grown version would be protected from competitive viruses and enemies.
- david-gpu 5y agoBased on the available data [0], it seems like this particular breed of ant not only lives but thrives in a non-specialized environment as long as humans are around. Just to make it clear, I am talking about an accidental release of an otherwise wild virus. I'm not implying the virus was engineered. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_deaths https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_deaths