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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by tomp on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:54PM (#34949924)
Only bad viruses. Good viruses will be genetically coded to only harm a particular subgroup.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by alchemist1e9 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:38PM (#34950403)
I was thinking that actually gives the United States a distinct advantage in such (hypothetical) biological warfare, it has the most diverse gene pool on the planet.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by Thiez on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:13PM (#34952145)
That seems unlikely, I would expect most African countries to beat the US easily.
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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by bsder on Sunday February 26, 2023 @06:02PM (#34950634)
Until they mutate.

It is beneficial to the survival of a virus to infect the largest group that it can. A virus targeted to a small group of people has a large "survival benefit" the moment it can mutate to infect everybody.

In addition, it's really hard to target a biological entity at a specific subgroup of humans. From a biological standpoint, all humans are damn near identical.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by midoridensha on Sunday February 26, 2023 @08:56PM (#34952051)
You share 50% of your DNA with a banana.
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