Opportunistic biological warfare

[jberryhill]

How much gaming do you suppose has been done around using misinformation techniques to deliberately contribute to the spread of an existing epidemic in enemy territory?

Instead of developing and deploying a biological weapon, you get enough people to behave in counterproductive ways.

[RockRaven]

1. Like sabotaging the implementation of testing, or saying it's just like a common disease,

or emphasizing a racial/ethnic angle... Now where have I seen those things recently?

[uponit7771]

2. In this case they'd have to engineer 10% of the human race being quarantined to some degree...

... and then spread it all over the planets credible news agencies.

If that could be done to get people to behave a certain way we're sKrewn

[underpants]

3. Come on down and meet your maker

Based on Stephen King's The Stand

[gristy]

4. Seems about right