It's astonishing how few people understand this point. “To delay by 1…

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It's astonishing how few people understand this point.

“To delay by 1 year the development of a treatment that cures a lethal disease that kills 100,000 people per year is to be responsible for the deaths of those 100,000 people, even if you never see them.”