What are 'ethnically targeted biological weapons'?

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-biological-weapons-china-39eeee023efdf7ea59c4a20b7e018169

China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs
By DAVID RISING

The head of the Russian military’s radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Igor Kirillov, doubled down on Thursday, saying that U.S.-sponsored labs in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa were working on dangerous pathogens custom-designed to target Russians and other Slavs.

“We can say with a high probability that one of the goals of the United States and its allies is the creation of bioagents capable to selectively infect various ethnic groups,” Kirillov said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a similar claim Thursday, alleging that U.S.-directed labs in Ukraine were working to “develop ethnically targeted biological weapons.”

...

[underpants]

1. Flavored vodka?

[Hugin]

3. That would be my guess.

[eShirl]

2. science fiction

[Mopar151]

4. if a distillery is a "biolab", maybe!

The Russian troops loot for food and alcohol - mostly alcohol! We need to develop a targeted air drop or artillery shell full of pints of cheapest vodka, dropped a mile or 2 behind the front lines.

[sarisataka]

5. My guess is that they are

Bullshit

There are several NATO countries that have majority or significant Slavic populations.

[Caliman73]

6. I don't know if its a great idea for China to amplify those Russian lies.

Given that they have had to contend with allegations coming from right wing sources, likely including Russian troll farms about their own "Lab" and "Bioweapon" stories over the last couple of years. The current President has not engaged in that stupidity, but the last one, the one that was a Russian stooge, certainly did.

Do you want to go there China?

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[ck4829]

7. Apartheid South Africa did try to research bioweapons that would only target black people

But it was speculation and stuff on the drawing board.

We got to remember race and even ethnicity are socially constructed so these weapons will not be all that effective for their created purpose. You might as well research a weapon that respects borders or names.

But I also remember another recent place it was used... the last Bond movie.

[relayerbob]

8. Sci-fi

[Mariana]

9. Imaginary. nt.

[Tommymac]

10. Nazis. Racists. MTG. BooBooBoebart 1/6 Terrorists.

?auto=webp&s=9b8c965cf20f5a0bef0ddf86756fe8cf71eff453