rant · moment 18 of 20
Nuclear Arsenals Undone By a Microscopic Organism
from Emergency Broadcast - Corona Call-Ins #2 · #2
1 min
Tim muses that despite humanity's nuclear arsenals, a tiny virus is what's bringing everyone down, comparing it to historical plagues and diseases potentially locked in melting ice caps.
- The Rock fighting a microscopic organism versus nuclear arsenals.
- Tim notes humanity is armed with nuclear and hydrogen bombs, yet gets undone by a microscopic organism.
- Pandemics happened before—in 1916 and 1957—and this follows the historical pattern.
- When melting ice caps release ancient bacteria and diseases trapped for thousands of years.
- Humans are deforesting rainforests and contacting organisms we've never encountered before.
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