pandemic thought debris 

mRNA vaccines: "we wrote a patch in response to the 0-day vulnerability, which works on 90% of user configurations"

pandemic thought debris 

the first software update ever widely distributed via pointy stick

pandemic thought debris 

Well, no, I suppose that distinction goes to _all the other vaccines before it._ nvm

re: pandemic thought debris 

@kistaro I mean the post is still, technically correct. Not correct about this specific instance of pointy stick distribution, but still technically correct.

Unless self-generated software updates count.

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