Most biorisk ppl seem to be largely focused on humans; vaccines, bunkers, PPE etc. But biorisks among the global food supply is also a massive failure point (crops are often clones or single species & are a lot harder to PPE lol).
Yeah, I’m surprised I haven’t seen more on crop bio-risks. They also seem way more targetable as a potentially deniable act of war (and with a less clear ladder of escalation). I.e., you can create viruses / fungi that’ll disproportionately impact your enemies crops / animals but that’s harder to do for humans. USA depends more on corn than China (I think).
When developing nations’ protein intake increases as their GDP rises, if they already have robust bivalve industries, they may be far less likely to be as chicken/pig heavy as current western nations. Especially if one seeds good sustainability messaging years prior etc.
Arguments around it being hard to get people to change their dietary habits are far less strong for these regions.
I like this idea of “protein lock in”, seems like a potential sub-cause of its own if it hasn’t already been explored.
These are good thoughts.
Yeah, I’m surprised I haven’t seen more on crop bio-risks. They also seem way more targetable as a potentially deniable act of war (and with a less clear ladder of escalation). I.e., you can create viruses / fungi that’ll disproportionately impact your enemies crops / animals but that’s harder to do for humans. USA depends more on corn than China (I think).
I like this idea of “protein lock in”, seems like a potential sub-cause of its own if it hasn’t already been explored.