[sacnoradhq]

Terrible, FUD-heavy, thin reporting begs the question:

Are we talking independent biohackers, low budget quasi-startups, and/or terrorism?

The presumptive demonization and loaded language doesn't do justice to whether there was truly harmful negligence or just low-budget sloppiness. Although I thoroughly dislike animal testing, I doubt it can be completely eliminated.

[jonathankoren]

If there's a release of a dangerous pathogen, does it really matter what type of illegal lab it was?

"Why jolly oh! I may be coughing up my bloody chunks of lung, but at least this preventable danger was the result of young entrepreneurial biohacker with some hustle, by god!"

[Kerb_]

Because if you know who they are and what their intent is, you can come to different conclusions and plans in dealing with the fallout.

If it's a YouTubers self experimentation fucking up you go after them and any illicit suppliers and make public notices about how dangerous it is. If it's an Operation Sea Spray 2 you probably oughta start whistleblowing and getting a large scale response in place. If it's a foreign state actor, you need to prepare for biological warfare, and also war. Biohacker, independent or organized terrorist, attempted assassin, drug synthesizer. It would be helpful to know.

[jonathankoren]

Missed the part about "presumptive demonization and loaded language", eh?

The guy was trying to say that if the dangerous lab was hustling, it's cool. It was a shit take.

[Kerb_]

It is a shit take, that's why I wasn't responding to their comment in agreement. I was responding to "If there's a release of a dangerous pathogen, does it really matter what type of illegal lab it was?" with reasons the type of illegal lab matters.

[jonathankoren]

Alright. We're cool. We're friends 4evah. :)