As I understand it, spending $$$ on beefing up the public health system is a twofer: not only does it address the possibility of biological warfare, but you also get numerous spinoff benefits in improved overall health of the population, better ability to combat outbreaks of deadly illnesses, and so on.
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Date: 2005-04-16 05:43 pm (UTC)Supervolcano Eruption 12,516
Viral Pandemic 5364
Subjugation by Hostile Robots 3200
Terrorism 2576
Climate Change 2400
Meteorite Impact 447
Telomere Erosion* 160
Global Nuclear War 160
Cosmic Ray Blast 80
Earth Swallowed by Black Hole 10
Why are we expending all this money on terrorism when a viral pandemic is far worse. And, who are these robots we've pissed off?
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Date: 2005-04-16 06:03 pm (UTC)Although, things like sending a deadly flu virus worldwide in thousands of sample kits probably won't help make that case.
As for the robots: isn't installing Microsoft Windows on so many computers reason enough for the machines to want to wipe us out?