I'm not one for complacency concerning the next great plague, but surely the virus that caused the most devestating pandemic of the last century is a far more direct threat than a virus that has so far only killed sixty-four people worldwide, so recreating the one to understand the other seems a bit heavy-handed.

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There is a growing tendancy to think of Man as a rational, thinking being, which is absurd.- Marvin the Martian.

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.