[NiceWayToDoIT]

Long time ago I read one of the predictions, cannot remember who, and one of the lines was saying "World will struck illness of rapid aging", at the time it looks so silly, but after reading this it looks so odd... After Covid and CRISPER advances, I wonder how far is future where someone come up with idea to weaponize this finding or just try a test that will go wrong and escaping lab. Well, I hope not ...

[bawolff]

I think if someone wanted to make a biological weapon of mass destruction, they would just take the simpler route of making it kill people.

[XorNot]

And you would be wrong: diseases which kill die out. Diseases which do not kill spread far and wide: COVID is successful and dangerous precisely because it mostly doesn't kill, and it keeps you on your feet and contagious for a good long time.

[bawolff]

I'm not saying instant death. They can still have an incubation period.

[graphe]

They wouldn't need to kill many. Just a few around the world to scare everyone. Heard the DC sniper terrorized people over a longer period but didn't kill that many.

[NiceWayToDoIT]

Sometimes I wish that someone releases weaponized virus that enhances our abilities, makes us healthier or prolong our life ;)