Boston University creates new Covid strain

Re:Boston University creates new Covid strain by stjohnswarts on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:26PM (#33239093)

I could easily see an authoritarian country like NK doing something like this as a weapon of last resort to be used like nukes but obtained much more easily .

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Re:Boston University creates new Covid strain by dham on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:43PM (#33239276)

But why Covid? There are a bunch of viruses that are better that they've probably already weaponized. Weaponizing Covid is like using a balloon for an artillery round.

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Re:Boston University creates new Covid strain by cheaprentalyeti on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:09PM (#33242160)

Because we helped make the weapon and have helpfully provided our fingerprints so that if someone else uses it we look guilty. If someone else releases something that looks like this variant the world now has a casus belli against us. (that is, those that don't already for our role in the original virus).

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