It’s not a waste of money to build infrastructure that will allow Canadians to respond to other variances of other SARS/MERS etc viruses.
This current pandemic has shown that Canada had to rely on European manufacturers whose govt ultimately out an export ban leaving us to not receive vaccines which obstructed Canada’s vaccine rollout/distribution.
Canada had to rely on the goodwill of the US to make up for shortfalls. Reliance on goodwill and handouts is not the way one of the wealthiest and most scientifically advanced countries in the world should operate in a time where citizens on a mass scale can die.
Having Bio-tech infrastructure is anything but cheap and easy and will take time to build up but it’s most certainly worth it to have a fighting chance for the viruses of the future. And there will be more. No one should delude themselves about that.
Boston is listening to trade offers on all players.
If your offer is $&!#, don’t bother, most of you know me by now.
Otherwise, Boston cordially invites you all.
Are we speaking about common sense or intelligence? They’re not always the same thing.
My two cents is that humanity has always had elements of stupidity and it may always carry that forward.