Could this be a solution to Covid?

[Monohull]

Can we engineer the virus in a lab so that it is benign?
And, super contagious so that the engineered benign virus becomes the dominant strain?

[tanyev]

1. I dunno. Sounds like the plot of an apocalyptic disaster movie.

[relayerbob]

2. No, it will evolve

And no guarantee that the engineered virus will stay benign

[Wingus Dingus]

3. Sure, governments intentionally releasing a virus--guaranteed to inspire public trust!

[mainer]

4. with any luck, nature will do it for us

Killing its host doesn't help the virus. It needs us alive so it can spread itself around. Maybe Omicron is doing that -- spreading faster without killing its host.

[LisaL]

5. Right after we irradiate ourselves with lethal doses of radiation.

NT

[CentralMass]

6. As they say. "What could possibly go wrong ?"

[Tomconroy]

7. I think that's what the Wuhan bat woman was trying to do.

[qazplm135]

8. Are you trying to create Omega Man vampires?

Because that's how you get Omega Man vampires.

[Celerity]

9. Dead Kennedys - Government Flu

Label: Statik Records – STAT LP 11, Alternative Tentacles – VIRUS 27
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

[lame54]

10. Neutered pike

[anamnua]

11. That's what I was thinking. Excellent idea. NT.

[MineralMan]

12. No.

First, we don't know how to "engineer" a virus in that way. Second, viruses evolve and change on their own. Third if it's "super contagious," it's going to make people sick, since viral infections always have some sort of symptoms.

But the real problem is that we don't know how to "engineer" a virus to give it specific characteristics. We can't predict what will happen when it infects people.


So, no.