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Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by haswell on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:43PM (#32745041)
I do think this is an appropriate counter-example, but I’m curious how much modern medicine would change the impact (and preserve the case for optimism).
Re:Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis by bialpio on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:28AM (#32747130)
Rapid vaccine development does indeed give some cause for optimism. Some counters that I'd have to that would be a potential resurgence of polio in the US [1] and the appearance of drug-resistant pathogens (typhoid fever in this case) [2], just to keep us on our toes and curb our enthusiasm...

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7133e2.htm [2] https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/xdr-typhoid-fever...