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by nextaccountic 799 days ago
Are there any other professional category that gets sued if they don't predict disaster within tight timing?

Imagine suing epidemiologists because they didn't predict Covid-19 in a timely manner.
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karlgkk 799 days ago
No epidemiologists were going around saying "eh it could never happen". In fact, many of them were warning after SARS. Trump actually took apart Obama's virus disaster-readiness warehouses and other programs in 2018-2019. Very bad timing, many such cases!

I would suspect the majority of disaster-related experts are not going to be so laid back.

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nextaccountic 799 days ago
Yeah but couldn't seismologists just never say anything about the matter?
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