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by ben_w 3071 days ago
When testing a new weapon, it is important to make sure it doesn’t explode in your face.

I’m not too worried about genetically modified humans, but I think there is a risk someone will make a synthetic “perfect plague” combining high transmission before it’s symptomatic with high lethality — think “breath transmitted HIV”.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_virology