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Comment author: RyanCarey 11 May 2016 02:43:52AM 2 points [-]

If you're running a synthetic biology company, and have to be insured against major pandemics, you may need more risk reduction measures to stay profitable, reducing existential risk, precisely because many pandemics can bring on costs without causing extinction.