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Re:We can now edit the human genome – how far should we go? ... by kbradero on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:06AM (#24459766)
so basically mutations would be introduced to humankind, not randomly but based X number of ideas controlled by a government and by this removing entropy to our genetic pool.

Virus would love that, yes why no, lets remove the only thing that has keep all living organism on this planet for billions of years from extinction.

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Re:We can now edit the human genome – how far should we go? ... by adrianN on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:52AM (#24461220)
If we become good enough at genetic engineering to meaningfully alter our genomes, it seems likely to me that viruses become much less of a concern.
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