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China researchers working with 100% lethality COVID-variant (source changed to official study, biased right-wing link removed to body, my thanks to crypticthree) (www.biorxiv.org)
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This is all over a lot of BULLSHIT right-wing sites. The link I provided is the only high-factuality source I could find. Can anyone confirm this story, or is it made up right-wing nutter bait?

I'm hoping even if correct, that it's still extremely misconstrued or misrepresented. Requesting assistance if someone sees a decent source on this one.

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[โ€“] crypticthree 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You study new strains of viruses because viruses are prone to mutation and on a long enough timeline those novel mutations might happen in a virus that has hit the human population.

There's very little reason to use biological agents for military purposes. Viruses don't care what uniform you're wearing.

And it's absolutely worth the risk. We've been doing this for decades and there are very few documented incidents associated with this sort of research.

[โ€“] rivermonster 0 points 8 months ago

Awesome, thank you for the insightful response!