we infected mice all day long
control vs test groups
viruses spread
idgaf about models
literally watched mice get sick exposed to viruses that i made
don't care about models or proofs
the problem with viruses are they're so easy to make and so easy to infect people with
take a random virus that normally lives in an animal, incubate in increasing quantities of human blood for 6 months and you've got gain of function
it's the easiest way to create a pandemic and anyone can do it
it doesn't take sequencing machines or geniuses it just takes some patience and some blood work
i'm interested. this is as close as ive ever come to talking to someone who could shed light for me - so thank you.
how did you isolate and purify the viruses to ensure that you know what was causing the sickness?
do you know that we did attempt in 1918 to prove the spanish flu was contagious. we gave clemency to people in prisons so they would volunteer to have sick people spit their snot through plastic bags directly into their faces. while we were unsuccessful in proving contagion there (which doesnt mean nonexistence of course - just failure to prove), at least we tried.
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