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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by jliptzin on Monday June 08, 2020 @01:09PM (#23458420)
Should be all of it, considering this outbreak alone cost the global economy more than $5 trillion
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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication by s1artibartfast on Monday June 08, 2020 @01:30PM (#23458624)
This ignores the a priori knowledge problem. Sure, with perfect knowlege that there would be an outbreak in 2020, this investment might have made sense.

Without knowing the future, you can't make this statement.

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