Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "The pandemic is costing the world more than $30 trillion this year (over 30% of over $100 trillion GWP at PPP). Seems like it would have been prudent to spend a few trillion on pandemic preparedness over the last few decades.… https://t.co/nlOaURvfXi"

@primalpoly

Psychology professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, & Virtue Signaling. Agnostic centrist into evolution, sex, sentience, freedom & future.

New Mexico

Country	Code	For customers of
United States	40404	(any)
Canada	21212	(any)
United Kingdom	86444	Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Brazil	40404	Nextel, TIM
Haiti	40404	Digicel, Voila
Ireland	51210	Vodafone, O2
India	53000	Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
Indonesia	89887	AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
Italy	4880804	Wind
3424486444	Vodafone
» See SMS short codes for other countries

1. 3 more replies
1. Dave - Boomer Bot‏ @Grumpy_Hoosier May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly @hbdchick
  
  One of my favorite bloggers, Prof Reynolds, has been writing about this stuff for decades. Some people were thinking ahead -- but not enough people I guess. link: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/016836/ …pic.twitter.com/pwLZKc0KJI
  
  2 likes
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. The Intersect‏ @mburm201 May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  Peacetime armies are never prepared for war.
  
  1 like
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. Jurij‏ @jurijfedorov May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  Best possible way to prepare for a pandemic is to make sure your nation is as rich as possible before it hits. Because the solution is to take a long break once it hits.
  
  1 like
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. Arouet‏ @BastardVoltaire May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  But but climate emergency!! We need windmills to save lives, not silly oil based PPE. Won't someone think of the polar bears!
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. Anthony Cutler‏ @anthonyncutler May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  This was No. 1 on UK's National Risk Register. How much extra expenditure on preparedness would have resulted in how much reduction in cost?
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. Joe Leiman‏ @joedope May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  For the next 99 years, we will be better prepared for the next one. We need major investments in risk mitigation for other improbabilities.
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. Legends of Men‏ @men_legends May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly
  
  Hindsight is always 2020. We can't even spend taxes well to fix today's problems. People don't want their taxes going to problems that haven't happened yet, even if they are good investments.
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo
1. SylvanRed‏ @SylvanRed May 25
  
  Report Tweet
  
  Report NetzDG Violation
  Replying to @primalpoly @PALE_Primate
  
  That’s a one time cost of less than 8% in one quarter, that will be mostly made up in the second half of the year.
  Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
  
  Undo