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Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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How Many Millions of People Will Die From a Pandemic?

The first instructions, the first detailed protocle for assembling influenza viruses, was published in 19 inety nine. The first virus was synthesized from synthetic dina in two thousand two and that was poleo virus. It would probably be worse than most modern day strains, but it's not going to be nearly as bad as it was back then.

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