[ExI] most disturbing

[Dylan Distasio]

Spike-

Although it requires a bit more know how, a professional bad actor could
also easily repurpose agricultural drones for a much more effective
distribution.

That said, we can count ourselves lucky that unless it is a bunch of
elderly folks, especially ones with one or more comorbities, the actual
fatality rate if it is COVID-19 will be extremely low.

It may be an effective weapon for terror, but it isn't one for mass murder.

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:40 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> A disturbing thought occurred to me.
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> We are often focused on preventing mass murder, but the virus has handed
> bad actors a cheap new means.
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> People who live in dry climates know that often when there are outdoor
> events, a low-cost cooling technique is to spray a fine water mist into the
> air (the Mr. Mister.)  These are often seen at picnics and rallies and such
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> A bad actor could use one of those with nothing more than the stuff easily
> found at the local hardware store.  It would not require a compressor or
> anything exotic.  All it would require is at least one infected person to
> spray the virus into the air wherever there is a crowd, at an outdoor
> rally, party, sporting event.  Very little risk to the bad guy, very low
> cost, very little technical expertise required.
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> Now the dilemma: how to get rally and picnic organizers to stop using
> those things without publishing details on how a bad guy could use it to
> intentionally spread disease?
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> spike
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