I find it interesting that before an event like the next pandemic we have the scare mongers claiming such things like a 50% death rate.
More likely the death rate will be much lower and in the clear light of day after the event it is suddenly discovered that the death rate was mucher lower than expected.
Now for something more serious, should we really try and stop the next pandemic?
Lets consider the fact that global warming is now in theory the biggest problem for our future and what would be the best way to reduce green house gas emmissions?
As tragic as it may be, and nobody likes to loose loved ones, but for a long time before modern medicine human growth rate was kept in check by infectious diseases.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
–Dwight David Eisenhower, “The Chance for Peace,” speech given to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Apr. 16, 1953.
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