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Unless someone weaponizes it.

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  Ebola's been around for ~50 years with no apparent weaponization. Not every pathogen is conducive to being weaponized, nor is the "brilliant but willing to contract Ebola" list likely to be super long.
  • cameldrv 2y ago
    The Soviets did with Marburg though which is closely related. Allegedly the head of the program Nikolai Ustinov was killed when he was infected in an accident.
    • ceejayoz 2y ago
      The Soviets tried, just like we tried having people do astral projection. Losing top researchers to the effort is indicative of one of the big reasons it's tough to weaponize - you're quite likely to kill yourself and your own people in trying.