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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3172339" data-attributes="member: 115">First of all, encephalitis is hardly the common cold.  For an example, look up equine encephalitis, sometimes abbreviated EEE or Triple-E.  At least here in Upstate NY, it's very serious, and I personally knew one person who died from it.That said... if you build an immunity to something, it is by definition not deadly.  You, I, and everyone else don't carry polio around, despite having an immunity.  Your body goes and kills it, and out it goes.You may be thinking of strains of E. coli in our stomachs, in which case as a person you have immunity to your own E. coli, but not everyone else's.  In which case, we don't have immunity, so it can be deadly.Anyway, maybe you can provide a specific example, because I think I'm getting the gist of what you are saying, but I'm not truly understanding.Reasons why the bioweapon is a flawed premise:1) Cylons have Human DNA.  In which case, Cylons should be able to contract Human viruses, and would have pre-BSG.  Or,2) Cylons have Human DNA, but a perfect immune system.  In which case, Cylons should deal with the virus no problem, since they don't get sick by design.  Or,3) Cylons are pure machines, in which case they shouldn't contract diseases at all.  They can get sick (see the Mini), but not from biological means.  Or,4) In theory, if Cylons are machines, viruses and bacteria could mutate to take advantage of that (degrading metal components, for example).  However, even if this were possible, a Human-borne virus would not do this the instant it hit contact with the Cylons.  It would take some time, possibly years, if it could happen at all.We know 1) is false, due to various statements throughout the series.  We know 2) is false, because they got sick.  We know 3) is false, since Cylons and Humans can mate, and Cylons can pass for Humans.  4) is possible, but not in the timeframe of this episode.  Thus, the entire episode is based on a flawed premise.  Which is the other reason I don't like this episode.Or, I'm too much of a biochem nerd.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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