Agrees quietly in melting permafrost.
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Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah it’s not that simple, wikipedia has a good summary:
Advocates of final destruction maintain that there is no longer any valid rationale for retaining the samples, which pose the hazard of escaping the laboratories, while opponents of destruction maintain that the samples may still be of value to scientific research, especially since variants of the smallpox virus may still exist in the natural world and thus present the possibility of the disease re-emerging in the future or being used as a bio-weapon.
ameancow@lemmy.world 10 months ago
marcos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Keep the virus data in a computer where it can’t escape from.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 months ago
Computers can spread viruses too ☝️🤓
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We’re not to the point that that’s possible.
marcos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How big is its genome? There isn’t much in a virus.
People can replicate a lot of them from purely data.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How many distinct genomes are there?
ameancow@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Soulless Artificial Intelligences irritated with humanity can replicate a lot of them from purely data.
FTFY
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 10 months ago
You are not wrong, you're spirit is in the right place.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
… Thanks, I guess?
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 10 months ago
wtf?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Damn right my spirit is in the liquor cabinet.
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 10 months ago
Right on!
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Exactly, know your enemy, especially if you think you have defeated it.
We are about to see all the “defeated” diseases make a comeback due to politicians interfering the preventative healthcare. All in order to drive up revenue for big pharma and corporate healthcare from the increase in sick people.