This is definitely a warning shot, but it’s not quite there yet. Being able to infect and kill cells in a lab isn’t necessarily enough for a virus survive “in the wild”; it has to be able to survive environmental conditions and immune responses, reproduce itself inside the cells, and then be transmitted to new hosts. Still, this could definitely end up being pretty scary in a hurry.
This is definitely a warning shot, but it’s not quite there yet. Being able to infect and kill cells in a lab isn’t necessarily enough for a virus survive “in the wild”; it has to be able to survive environmental conditions and immune responses, reproduce itself inside the cells, and then be transmitted to new hosts. Still, this could definitely end up being pretty scary in a hurry.