China's alarming experiment with a 100% lethal virus raises global health concerns, emphasizing the need for ethical scientific practices.

Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/8224710

China has reportedly embarked on a controversial path of experimenting with a new Covid-like virus, characterized by a 100% fatality rate in mice. The unfolding scenario raises concerns about the potential risks associated with such experiments, especially the prospect of the virus spilling over into the human population.

  •  Zworf   ( @Zworf@beehaw.org ) 
    10•5 months ago

    Is it possible that you could genetically-engineer a virus to both have a long incubation period AND incredibly high mortality rate? I’m sure it is

    Case in point: HIV. We’re lucky that was not airborne. The whole world would have been infected by the time people started dying.