Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
You can set up a genetic engineering lab for under 5000 bucks in your garage, and I would prefer you being able to google how to DIY some super-ebola, thank you very much.
Look, we need to open source genetic engineering.
Some bastard will create super-ebola, sure, but some proactive individuals will quickly create a free vaccine for it, and for cancer and the common cold. (It will also turn you into a literal furry, of course, but that’s probably a price worth paying.)
The only defence against a bad genetic engineer is a good genetic engineer
Unfortunately causing damage is almost always much easier than protecting against it. For a deadly virus this seems especially true because someone could have a lab in their garage and die once it’s created, but to study it afterward would require extreme care.
So say a few bastards release 1000 variants of different super-viruses instead of just one. Then the research and infrastructure needed to counter them multiply potentially to an unrealistic level.
Also if someone can create super-ebola, that doesn’t mean a vaccine could also be created.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Too late, even the world’s dumbest man can figure it out!