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> Globally, we're better off if China is doing novel disease research than if they're not. That's a big fucking upside you see to China's research. You can ma
by athrowaway3z 6y ago
> Globally, we're better off if China is doing novel disease research than if they're not.
That's a big fucking upside you see to China's research.
You can make these statements when you are still talking about hypothetical risk. But we already have one outcome, i.e. the current pandemic and its costs. So what you are saying here is: The cost benefit of China doing novel disease research is at least as valuable as all the costs of COVID-19 so far.
I'm not falsifying your conclusion, but you will need to back up the first statement with something at least.
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