Not if you want a bio weapon for economic warfare. I worked at the DOD 20 years ago around people who thought up such ideas. And thought it would be a good thing. (These were the same folks who provided Saddam with his bio & chemical weapons in the 80’s so...)
On paper what you want is something that spreads fast, can overwhelm medical systems, but not deadly enough to cause nukes to fly in retaliation. This COVID thing fits that bill.
Now whether it was created as such i don’t know, but it was certainly used as such by China.
Not if you want a bio weapon for economic warfare. I worked at the DOD 20 years ago around people who thought up such ideas. And thought it would be a good thing. (These were the same folks who provided Saddam with his bio & chemical weapons in the 80’s so...)
On paper what you want is something that spreads fast, can overwhelm medical systems, but not deadly enough to cause nukes to fly in retaliation. This COVID thing fits that bill.
Now whether it was created as such i don’t know, but it was certainly used as such by China.