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Preparation for the next event _requires_ understanding the origin of this one to the greatest extent possible.

I think it's very wrong to shy away from inquiry of the truth out of fear of politics.

I'm sympathetic to this view, but the flip side of it is we don't do much about currently identified pandemic vector risks such as swine CAFO operations; why would we expect new information (if any) affect our behavior any more than that?

If it's expensive to mitigate and hard to quantify, it's always going to be an uphill battle.

Besides, forgoing any investigation is a political statement and indeed the preferred outcome by one major political player.

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