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We need some anti-mosquito lobbyists. That’s an environment disaster I can get behind.

Just hasn’t happened yet because the benefit is too spread out to make it happen.



> Just hasn’t happened yet because the benefit is too spread out to make it happen.

No, it doesn't happen because you can't make money out of that. So there's nobody to pay/hire the lobbyist.

Same reason why there's hardly research into new antibiotics. It's hard to make money on those as they tend to cure. Chronic diseases and their subscriptions to suppress symptoms, that's where money is to be made





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