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		trinovantes on Sept 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The moments that could have accidentally ended hum... If it's too lethal, it would probably kill all its carriers before spreading too far I wonder if anyone's ever calculated the optimal parameters for a disease to end humanity

erik_seaberg on Sept 5, 2021 | [–]

There’s a game about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_Inc.

humanrebar on Sept 5, 2021 | [–]

It doesn't have to kill anyone. Just sterilize the young.

mcswell on Sept 6, 2021 | [–]

Or it could kill off only males (or only females). There is at least one SciFi story based on that premise.

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