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by jacques_chester 2077 days ago
This argument relies on the nirvana fallacy. "You are not perfectly clairvoyant, therefore prediction is worthless".

I recall, but cannot locate, that questions related to the outbreak of trans-species respiratory illnesses from China have been canvassed in the past. It does appear that the US intelligence community expected a pandemic to emerge: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/16/analysis-yes-people-d...