Even if "we" figure out how the animal-jump can occur, it's not like "we" can stop it or even predict it.
And the probability that what is created in a lab will be close enough to what is naturally occurring in nature to be useful are none to zero.
And the probability that what is created in a lab will be close enough to what is naturally occurring in nature to be useful are none to zero.
The first step is understanding. Until you understand how it happens, statements about whether or not you can prevent it do not make much sense to me.
For example: imagine you have not yet discovered that the unwashed hands of doctors are transmitting disease in a hospital. You might make a statement very similar to yours about how "even if we can figure out how people get sick, it's not like we can stop it".
This is a slogan with no logical value.
> Until you understand how it happens, statements about whether or not you can prevent it do not make much sense to me.
Except we do understand. It seems to me that you are lacking is basic scientific knowledge. Virus mutates naturally and become more virulent due to evolution.
> For example: imagine you have not yet discovered that the unwashed hands of doctors are transmitting disease in a hospital. You might make a statement very similar to yours about how "even if we can figure out how people get sick, it's not like we can stop it".
We can control our hands, we can't control viruses in nature.
Basically they're creating bigger and bigger fires and claiming that doing so somehow helps firefighters. Next we'll have nuclear weapons researchers claiming that higher yields are good to know about so we can work out how to protect against stronger explosions.
As an alternative, we need to stop development of new viruses, both naturally and in labs, including Russian and North Korean labs.