althouse.blogspot.com - 11/12/2008
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Orin Kerr doesn't. But the government is attempting to perceive the pattern of flu outbreaks. Do you know how many people could die in a new flu pandemic? Maybe 7 million. Maybe 100 million. If Google can see it before it happens, don't you want that information to be used?
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... on its blog. Fourth, as Althouse reminds us, the stakes in stopping an outbreak early are, potentially, rather high . So what’s the argument, aside from the standard “slippery slope” that can be applied to anything? Incidentally, haven’t they been doing this for years already with ...
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