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The Path to Engineering at Lethal Virus
The immune system of humans is by nature incredibly diverse and that basically leads to resilience. We are likely to be very resilient against so many different attacks like this current virus. So you're saying natural pandemics may not be something that you're really afraid of because of the diversity in our genetic makeup. What about engineered pandemics? Do you have fears of us messing with the makeup of viruses or... Well, yeah, let's say with the make-up of viruses to create something that we can't control would be much more destructive than it would come about naturally.