[logjammin]

If he's so prescient about pandemics, why didn't he spend the last 20 years, I don't know, making sure healthcare workers in his own darned city had enough masks and gloves to deal with one? Surely he could've saved a few lives in his own backyard while we was busy in Africa, right?

[kick]

Isn't this the wrong time for nationalism? If you can save a hundred lives somewhere, or save ten at home for the same price, why are the people "in his own darned city" more important? Especially given that "in his own darned city" there are other billionaires to handle that?

[raisedbyninjas]

This isn't how effective altruism works.

[mistermann]

Maybe it should be.

Think about it this way: had he done this, would it have made things better, worse, or no change?

And don't forget: had he looked into this, he would have realized that they were dramatically unprepared, and I suspect he would have been smart enough to assume that there was a possibility that the same state of affairs may exist in other cities, and then look into that.

Did this thought not cross his mind? It seems like an interesting question.