Agrees quietly in melting permafrost.
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Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
marcos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Keep the virus data in a computer where it can’t escape from.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 months ago
Computers can spread viruses too ☝️🤓
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We’re not to the point that that’s possible.
marcos@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
How many distinct genomes are there?
ameancow@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Soulless Artificial Intelligences irritated with humanity can replicate a lot of them from purely data.
FTFY
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 2 months ago
You are not wrong, you're spirit is in the right place.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
… Thanks, I guess?
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 2 months ago
wtf?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Damn right my spirit is in the liquor cabinet.
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org 2 months ago
Right on!
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 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.