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by jonathankoren 1056 days ago
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!"

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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.

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.

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