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> 1) Understanding the origin doesn't change the consequences or response to the pandemic What??? I honestly expect more from HN readers than blatant china-apo
by remflight 4y ago
> 1) Understanding the origin doesn't change the consequences or response to the pandemic
What??? I honestly expect more from HN readers than blatant china-apologists.
OF COURSE it changes the consequences! We tell China to hand over all research and distribute it to scientists around the world so that research doesn’t start from ground 0. If it could have accelerated understanding of the virus by several months, imagine how many lives could have been saved!
Instead China deleted all their files and kept quiet. They literally don’t care about millions of deaths.
- stetrain 4y agoMy understanding is that we did not start from ground zero, already had a large scientific understanding of similar coronaviruses, had the virus sequenced very quickly, and then proceeded to get a vaccine tested and to market in a historic record-breaking amount of time. Of course we should research the origin and, if a research lab was the source, take action to prevent it happening again. I'm not saying there should be no consequences, just countering the article which comes off as "why isn't this the number one priority??"