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by kornhole 1112 days ago
A few engineered viruses can go a long way cheaply. Problem is you cannot control the spread. You need to have a vaccine ready for the blowback.
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> "Problem is you cannot control the spread."

Some historians say that the English defeated Napoleon at Waterloo because many French soldiers (including Napoleon) had diarrhea.

An important difference between French and English soldiers was that the former boiled water for tea, while the French preferred wine.

https://www.historynet.com/napoleonic-wars-soldiers/

Money has never been a consideration for the Pentagon since 1941.
not to mention a virus could evolve to evade the vaccine too.