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>just because we don't like them? It's bit stronger than "we don't like them" >Maybe we should invest in proactive body defenses against virus instead of just
by nemothekid 11y ago
>just because we don't like them?
It's bit stronger than "we don't like them"
>Maybe we should invest in proactive body defenses against virus instead of just killing some random things.
Invest more than the billions that billions that Bill Gates has already invested?
- MrArtichaut 11y agoAnd do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? I honestly don't known but he seems to be a very clever guy and eradicating species doesn't sound to be a clever solution and really not a good long term solution. What if you break a whole ecosystem ? What if those mosquitoes contain invaluable genes for future medicine? What if they offer a unique window on the evolution of insects? But hey, who care? Kill them all..
- maxerickson 11y agoThe Gates foundation funds efforts to eradicate polio and malaria. He's written about it: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-Generation https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-G...
- nemothekid 11y ago>And do you think Bill Gates would approve killing whole species ? Yes, and in fact he's done the research, written about it and ultimately it may have been his investments that led to this conclusion. Or we can just let hundreds of thousands continue to die because they might magically contain the cure to cancer in the future.