cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/46390565
We’ve had it 😬
Why. The hell. Is this even being considered, let alone put into practice? This could cause the next pandemic ffs
You can use engineered viruses to develop medical treatments like anti-cancer oncolytic viruses, viral vectors for gene therapy and viral immunotherapy.
Of course, you can also use them to engineer horrific diseases tailored to the genetics of specific groups of humans too, but I mean who would do that? I trust our billionaire overlords.
FOXDIE?
My point exactly. (Who would trust billionaires overlords, or dictators like Russia with this tech?)
I wouldn’t trust the billionaire dictators in the U.S. with a laser pointer, let alone a bioengineered virus.
We talked about this in my genetics class last year. The professor tried to stress that targeting a group of humans with a dangerous virus is risky, because they evolve rapidly and can infect any group of people beyond the targeted ones.
The fact that he had to stress it makes me lose hope for the future of humanity
Don’t worry, the stochastic parrots just repeat what they stole on the internet, so they could never produce anything novel
