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by anonuser123456 2303 days ago
Gray swan. That's actually a good term for thinking about this.

2003 we had SARS, 2014 we had MERS. We had (and still have) Ebola. Weve had H5N1 and H7N1 outbreaks.

We dodged many of these bullets, but only by the luck of their lack of infectiousness.

It's been staring at us in the face and yet remained in our blindspot.