• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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    7 days ago

    Well, smallpox was definitely harmful to humans, and it’s a virus which is different from an animal.

    (…and yes, I know that “harmful to humans” often means “good for the planet.”)

    • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 days ago

      (…and yes, I know that “harmful to humans” often means “good for the planet.”)

      that just sounds like ecofascism to me. also, all the viruses I know of never affect just humans but keep mutating and jumping between mammal species. saving the ecosphere can’t happen without also saving humans