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the first edit is HIV resistance, not a bad way to start the black mirror episode that is the rest of our lives from now on.

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If it works and HIV resistance installed in a population, then it opens the possibility HIV could be then could become an effective bioweapon for that population.

1. If it works, you'd need to wait 50+ years until most of your population was immune. You'd have to hope that in that time HIV vaccines/cures aren't developed.

2. HIV would make a terrible bioweapon. It's difficult to spread, takes a very long time to incapacitate people, and there are generally effective treatments.

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