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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Agrees quietly in melting permafrost.

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Keep the virus data in a computer where it can’t escape from.

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    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Computers can spread viruses too ☝️🤓

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We’re not to the point that that’s possible.

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  • unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You are not wrong, you're spirit is in the right place.

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      … Thanks, I guess?

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    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Damn right my spirit is in the liquor cabinet.

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This would kind of make sense if Isildur had taken the ring and tried to disassemble it and learn how its various magic effects worked, in order to extend life without the downsides.

  The amount of things we’ve learned from the field of virology is fucking nuts.

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  • unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You're answer is thoughtful and I appreciate it. This is not the place.

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    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bot account right there

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• vrek@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It would be horrible in real life but I thought a funny intro to a post apocalyptic movie would be a person giving a tour of a bio lab to college interns and…

  “through our studies we have learned to increase the transmission rate and the death rate of the small pox virus. The downside is we had to mix it with rabies so the infected tend to get aggressive and lose there ability to rationalize their thoughts. Don’t worry though, there is only this one vial of it in the entire world… these gloves are quite slippery… Oops”

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No I think it would be better in real life. To scare interns. Not actually develop the megapox.

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• CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Vector Institute would be a sick name for a bio-terror group in Shadowrunner

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  SARS CoV 3: 'Murica Boogaloo

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• azi@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  they’ve gone M.A.D.

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• monk@lemmy.unboiled.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Don’t worry, there are multiple layers of protection. So far they’re doing great, even Vector, even now: iris.who.int/server/api/core/…/content

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