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there should be a global ban on gain-of-function experiments on deadly viruses and bacteria.

Would you make the same argument for software vulnerability research? I think the arguments against both are the same, and with the same result: white-hat researchers will halt their work, leaving more of the field available to black-hat researcers.

>>tremon+(OP)
It is much easier to contain bad software than it is to contain an virus that spreads using aerosols.

It is also much easier to stop bad software than bad biology. Software is much simpler than the human body.

>>tremon+(OP)
Maybe so but i would assume the barrier to entry for creating a synthetic pathogen is likely to be much higher than somebody tinkering with a Kali Linux VM. I dont know much about gain of function experiments and limited working infosec knowledge so take that with a grain of salt.