As a note, please do not try this at home. There would be a large amount of sele...

		JoshuaDavid on Nov 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Next ‘Lab Leak’ As a note, please do not try this at home. There would be a large amount of selective pressure for the virus to change the genetic sequence it recognizes / is inhibited by, and suddenly you've got a virus that can infect the "wrong" people. Likewise a vaccine puts significant selective pressure towards immune escape.

(!) In fact, don't try this anywhere! Genocidal bioweapons are bad news.