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This does seem to be a worthwhile effort and I have no doubt some good will come of it. But I'm not sure targeting COVID is the best idea. Projects can certainl
by _hardwaregeek 7y ago
This does seem to be a worthwhile effort and I have no doubt some good will come of it. But I'm not sure targeting COVID is the best idea. Projects can certainly help with that, but they need to scale, fast. Plus any sort of physical requirements like manufacturing is out of the question. What I'd be worried about is the next COVID. I don't mean this in a literal, disease based fashion. We should be asking about the next global disaster. How can our infrastructure break down? What can we do to strengthen it? Who is vulnerable?
Also I'm a little concerned about medical projects that are created in an emergency and attempting to do fast track research. Immediate solutions may sound great but we don't want to do more damage in our hastiness. Urgency can lead to wishful thinking which can lead to disaster.