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by kevincrane 4869 days ago
What's the reason for keeping them though? Is it to make vaccines if they potentially come back or more sinister pre-emptive military reasons?
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We are always learning how to learn more. Destroying the specimens would destroy an opportunity to learn about an organism that has had a significant impact on our own species.
Research. Vaccines just in case we didn't get the all.