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Can we prevent a volcano erupting? No. Can we prevent a lab leak? Yes. I wonder why people are soooo resistant to this idea and make up a myriad bad arguments.
by arisAlexis 4y ago
Can we prevent a volcano erupting? No. Can we prevent a lab leak? Yes. I wonder why people are soooo resistant to this idea and make up a myriad bad arguments.
- ethbr0 4y agoBecause we get annoyed when people insinuate that pointing out features of reality are evidence of a conspiratorial cabal. Can we prevent a lab leak? Not really insofar as humans are less than perfect individuals. Pretending we hadn't discovered atomic fission would have been just as dangerous as ignoring biological threats.
- igouy 4y agoCan we prevent the live animal trade bringing people into daily proximity with novel viruses.