Biological Weapons Tier List
I'm ranking biological weapons from civilizational threats to duds. Hopefully this will be a fast and fun way to learn about potential bioweapon threats and what they do. This is my longest video yet. Experimenting with a different format for this one, let me know if you wanna see more tier lists.
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