Steven, That reasoning is an instance of false equivalency of costs. A disease that kills even 100k will not escalate to interfere with the velocity of cooperation (externalities) – nor be curable. While terrorism can both escalate and be cured.
Source date (UTC): 2018-01-16 11:16:02 UTC
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How much should the government pay to eliminate a disease that kills 6 Americans a year? Now, how much should it pay to eliminate terrorism? John Mueller on why we shouldn’t exaggerate the scale of terrorism in the U.S. https://t.co/6B1GGWCR72
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