George Church
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You know, I'm in the 97%, right?
You know, 97% of those were your odds of winning, you know, at the horse races or at the casino.
You take them.
Yeah, 97% of winning.
Good.
You know, but with, you know, when a child's future is at risk, I think that's...
It's not the right solution.
And the other thing is I think it has to do with the trolley problem.
It's like if you don't influence it, it's not your fault.
But actually, everything is your fault, you know.
Not doing something is a decision, right?
And so I think it's like if I just don't do anything and they come out damaged, well, it's not my fault.
But it is, you know.
I think I said, yeah, I know what you're saying and what David is saying, but I think it's a dangerous dichotomy.
You know, they'll say that there are lots of, not just India, you know, all over the world.
And in fact, we all went through a bottleneck.
No, but...
That changes the rate from, say, 3% to 6%.
But the point is, 3% is still unacceptable.
I mean, it's just a tragic loss, not only of the human life directly affected, but the whole family is, you know, very often one or both parents have to quit their job and spend full-time, like, caregiving and fundraising, because these are very expensive diseases as well.