<div dir="ltr">Spike-<div><br></div><div>Although it requires a bit more know how, a professional bad actor could also easily repurpose agricultural drones for a much more effective distribution.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>It may be an effective weapon for terror, but it isn't one for mass murder.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:40 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">A disturbing thought occurred to me.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are often focused on preventing mass murder, but the virus has handed bad actors a cheap new means.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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 in the summer.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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