Given recent events, probably a good assessment. https://t.co/CVynvALpXQ

— scientism (@mr_scientism) February 7, 2021

Indeed. We might not tell the Chinese, even if we were competent enough to detect it in time at all (doubtful).

And no, we don’t yet have the tech to deflect any asteroids. But we could move people out of the impact zone before it arrived unless it were a planet-killer, in which case it would not matter.