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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost
Zombie viruses.eh? I'm sure I've seen this in movies and it never ends well for the human race. Everyone in the article says how careful we all need to be with these, but, according to the movie scripts, there's always someone who does an oopsie! or someone with more sinister motives and there goes all of humanity! And, somehow, real life stories (possibility of covid having been released from a lab comes immediately to mind doncha know) do not instill confidence in our ability to be "careful" enough. Oh, well, if things go badly, maybe I can access Gizmo j's Locked 7-11 to hang out in.
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Zombie viruses.eh? I'm sure I've seen this in movies and it never ends well for the human race. Everyone in the article says how careful we all need to be with these, but, according to the movie scripts, there's always someone who does an oopsie! or someone with more sinister motives and there goes all of humanity! And, somehow, real life stories (possibility of covid having been released from a lab comes immediately to mind doncha know) do not instill confidence in our ability to be "careful" enough. Oh, well, if things go badly, maybe I can access Gizmo j's Locked 7-11 to hang out in.

Scientists have revived a 'zombie' virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost | CNN
Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region's permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years, could endanger animal and human health.