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The means by which a virus appears is much less relevant than the response to the virus. We need a robust plan on dealing with viruses regardless of their origi
by halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
The means by which a virus appears is much less relevant than the response to the virus. We need a robust plan on dealing with viruses regardless of their origin. All this talk on trying to find the origin is missing the forest for the trees.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThis depends on the priors you assume for future events, e.g. if one ignores the GoF research and it therefore increases the likelihood of continued research, does that also increase risk of periodic outbreaks akin to this pandemic and a higher frequency than natural outbreaks from animal>human?
- postingawayonhn 5y agoWe need both. We need to have a better plan for dealing with future viruses but we should also look to make what changes we can to reduce the number of new viruses that jump to humans in the first place.