Pandemics Caused by Accident: Biorisk as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

By Ariel_ZJ @ 2020-01-31T04:54 (+8)

https://nationalpost.com/news/a-brief-terrifying-history-of-viruses-escaping-from-labs-70s-chinese-pandemic-was-a-lab-mistake

(crosspost from u/hold_my_fish in the SSC subreddit)

avturchin @ 2020-01-31T15:59 (+1)

Some Chinese may think that it was a bioweapon used against them and may want a retaliation. This is how nuclear-biological war could start.