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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by heavyset_go on Monday October 30, 2023 @07:50PM (#38077666)
This isn't even dystopian sci-fi, nations already investigate bioweapons that are designed to target only certain racial groups.
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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by dekhn on Monday October 30, 2023 @08:12PM (#38077902)
Do you have a credible source for this claim?
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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by heavyset_go on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:30PM (#38079464)
- https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Dir...

- https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-coming-threat-of-a...

There's also an outline with references here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_bioweapon

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by dekhn on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:52PM (#38080067)
I don't see anything credible there about nation-states currently engaging in this research. I think generally it does not appear to be a productive line of research.
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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by heavyset_go on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:59PM (#38080117)
I said "investigate", and all of the links are about nations investigating such bioweapons.
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