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Presumably a better understanding of the origins of the 2019 virus would be useful for predicting the likelyhood of a similar outbreak from the same source, or
by frenchy 6y ago
Presumably a better understanding of the origins of the 2019 virus would be useful for predicting the likelyhood of a similar outbreak from the same source, or allow people to alter practices to reduce that likelyhood.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoOur current understanding of everything you mention is already good, and there have been no indications that I'm aware of that this case happened in a way that would alter that understanding. To show my point, even if we aggressively investigate the source and discover it did not originate in a lab, nobody would then argue that it's alright to lower security on such biolabs.
- sooheon 6y agoBut people may come up with 80/20 improvements to mitigate the actual source of the virus. Why is improved data a bad thing, in your view?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI think this data will only lead to results orientated thinking, where we ignore all the other sources we know possibly could have caused it. Heavily financing research into finding the exact source provides no benefit I can find, and could cause further harm.