LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 days agoA university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists.www.acsh.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkA university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists.www.acsh.orgLughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSurely if we can easily generate a synthetic version of an old virus, we can similarly create a vaccine?
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYes, it’s the standard flu that we make a flu shot for every year. It’s was just more deadly. Somewhere around a 3-6% lethality.
Surely if we can easily generate a synthetic version of an old virus, we can similarly create a vaccine?
Yes, it’s the standard flu that we make a flu shot for every year. It’s was just more deadly. Somewhere around a 3-6% lethality.