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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by nvmc on Monday February 11, 2013 @04:57PM (#5203580)
I'd guess it is. Diseases are still organisms, and we try pretty hard not to let them go extinct.
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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by kevincrane on Monday February 11, 2013 @05:14PM (#5203685)
What's the reason for keeping them though? Is it to make vaccines if they potentially come back or more sinister pre-emptive military reasons?
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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by krenoten on Monday February 11, 2013 @05:39PM (#5203853)
We are always learning how to learn more. Destroying the specimens would destroy an opportunity to learn about an organism that has had a significant impact on our own species.
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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by epochwolf on Monday February 11, 2013 @05:37PM (#5203839)
Research. Vaccines just in case we didn't get the all.
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