This makes me think of the old adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". We're basically saying "eh we'll just take the cure at the last minute."

This makes me think of the old adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". We're basically saying "eh we'll just take the cure at the last minute." except we don't even know if the cure exists, we're hoping we can create one in time. Accepting the circumstances that we are in as a result of decades of targeted misinformation is like saying it will be easier to learn to live with less air when being repeatedly dunked in a toilet by bully's.