WHO Biological Risk warning

post by Jonas Kgomo (jonas-kgomo) · 2023-04-25T15:10:14.985Z · LW · GW · 2 comments

An hour ago the World Health Organization warned that there is an 'extremely serious' situation and 'huge biological risk' after a lab containing virus samples falls into control of Sudan fighters. #safety #ai #biosecurity
 

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comment by Evan R. Murphy · 2023-04-25T19:32:09.858Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Seems important, I'm guessing people are downvoting this considering it a possible infohazard.

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↑ comment by Viliam · 2023-04-26T08:48:13.236Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Speaking for myself, I object against the Twitter format. (This is what the shortform is for.)

Also, some more context would be nice. For example, how often it happens that a lab containing virus samples is captured by fighters? Once in a decade? Once in a week? I have no idea. Was this lab somehow exceptional?

This is just "hey, hey, something potentially interesting is happening, but you have to figure out what".