It’s possible the COVID-19 pandemic saves humanity by preparing the world for a far more deadly future virus

This test case killed less than 1% of the infected & led to the infrastructure to rapidly develop and deploy mRNA vaccines worldwide

— JD Ross (@justindross) March 23, 2021

I have been thinking that, too. This won’t be the first pandemic we see, and they are likely to become more common. I’d say we’re going to see a worse one (more deadly, more transmissible) within 20 years.

But now we have the tech.