> Yes absolutely it's incredibly relevant if world-crippling viruses are being engineered in labs, and should be a topic for public policy discussion. The prob

> Yes absolutely it's incredibly relevant if world-crippling viruses are being engineered in labs, and should be a topic for public policy discussion. The problem here is that countries can wrap this research under the banner of "natsec" and then there can be no further discussion. I see no way around that outside of crossing our collective fingers. > COVID has been many times more damaging to the world than the bombs dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Precisely. And this can be considered the "easy" version compared to what could potentially be created. It's a nightmare scenario, and it's far more dangerous than nuclear weapons (unless that resulted in the end of civilization / "mutually assured destruction"). It could literally wipe out the planet before we have time to respond to it. Similar in that regard I suppose. > we have to also consider the fact that this technology can make its way into the hands of bad actors Those would have to be some really, really bad actors if they are willing to take out the entire planet, crossing all ideological and political boundaries. I'm sure smarter minds than me are keeping an eye on this.