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user-inactivated  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Errol Morris: ‘Demon in the Freezer’

I don't think any of you really understand what you're talking about.

    not likely UNLESS some lab tech does something stupid

No, probably at least ten people would have to be very, very, very stupid (or one willfully evil, but, again, Russia), and several computers would have to break at the same time. Smallpox is one of the most dangerous bioweapons on the planet. You are picturing some intern forgetting to wash their hands. You are wrong.





kleinbl00  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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DragonflyMind  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    or one willfully evil

This is definitely of greater concern to me than an accident occurring.

However, it's comforting to know there are at least ten people standing in the way of an accident rather than the two or three I've always pictured.

OftenBen  ·  2898 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Me too.

It's hard to notice a tiger in the jungle if it doesn't want to be found.