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Have they been weaponised?

• troon-lover 5y ago
  Yes. In 2020 a virus was released in Wuhan, and was weaponized by the host country shutting down domestic flights while allowing infected to fly internationally. Historically this led to a pretty crazy couple of years and we’re still seeing a lot of disruption from it. It’s not good for the US to be funding bioweapon research within hostile countries or on the border of hostile countries.
• ellopoppit 5y ago
  • Jimmc414 5y ago
    Not necessarily. The "weaponized" anthrax from the 2001 anthrax attack was much deadlier than naturally occurring anthrax. The spore coats were silicon coated and combined with charged nanoparticles for maximum disbursal. It may have been an exaggeration, but it was speculated that one light bulb full of weaponized anthrax could potentially wipe out a small city.