What Is Bad About This Genum Sequence on Line?

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Posting the genum sequence of a virus on line, in this case, gave exact blueprints for a pathagan. Once killed, may be as much as one in 30 living humans who have skills to assemble it. We should be grateful that releasing that virus again would cause such a deadly pendemic. The reason is that virus has been called the mother of all pendemics.

In this episode of the podcast, Rob Reid and Kevin Esvelt discuss USAID’s new “Deep VZN” program, which aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses and publish their genomes to the world. Esvelt estimates that there are currently around 30,000 people who could then easily build them.

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