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>[0] My favorite is Chernobyl. Biology is different to physics or chemistry. The worst nuclear accident can kill a few million people. The worst chemistry acci
by thrown_22 4y ago
>[0] My favorite is Chernobyl.
Biology is different to physics or chemistry. The worst nuclear accident can kill a few million people. The worst chemistry accident can kill a few hundreds of thousands of people. The worst biology accident can kill _everyone_.
- klabb3 4y agoI'm not sure I agree on the numbers, I have a hard time seeing a nuclear power accident leading to millions of dead. That said, the sentiment rings true. If we get the right mix of incubation time, reproduction numer and CFR in a novel virus, we are catastrophically and civilization level screwed. It's unbelievable how eg nuclear fission research has ground to a halt whereas GoF research on Covid(!) in a damn BSL-3 lab can be approved after what we just went through.
- VyseofArcadia 4y agoI didn't say it was worse. I said it was my favorite.