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58: Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt

The After On Podcast

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Can Omicron Cause a Pandemic?

If omicron can spread that fast from a single point of release, any one malicious enough to deliberately cause a new pendemic would almost certainly release them in multiple travel hubs throughout the world. So even if it's just one virus, a deliberate lease is worse than a natural spill over or an accident cause - both of those are spread from a single sight. In general, i'm not super worried about civilization falling apart because of a single natural pendemic virus. But if you're talking releasing aid it once, that might be another story, depending on how bad they are. If essential workers aren't willing to go out there and risk their lives, then you start having problems in food

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