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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by mbesto on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:06PM (#22549903)
Or, ya know, they coulda just prevented wildlife trade via regulation in the first place.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by Jommi on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:24PM (#22550085)
Yes, we all know that once regulation steps in, the thing regulated is completely stopped!
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by mbesto on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:20PM (#22550812)
Regulation doesn't have to be binary. The point of it isn't to eradicate behavior, just lessen it so the risk can be mitigated and contained. Perhaps I should have said "lessened wildlife trade" to be more specific.

Regulation sucks until it saves your life.

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