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    1 day ago

    That said, please spend the time and effort into something more productive

    Like curing antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases? Because that’s what the experiment was for.

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      1 day ago

      An octophant is a bacterial disease? Lol

      And yes this experiment may be an absolutely stupid thing to do. Could it work out in a extremely well regulated extremely tight secure facility, sure.

      Is that happening, not in the U.S., we are cutting all the regulations and health precautions, so if what they create ever kills good bacteria as well during the tests, you should assume it will be spreading to the population.

      Why wasn’t it contained? Our research grants were cut in half so we skipped on the precautions. Also the regulatory board no longer exists, and our OSHA equivalent hasn’t stopped by in over 2 years. I think they may have shut down