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Use slightly more expensive other source of the same substance? It's like killing whales for oil just to burn it instead of using olive oil, or that stuff pumpe
by megous 6y ago
Use slightly more expensive other source of the same substance? It's like killing whales for oil just to burn it instead of using olive oil, or that stuff pumped from the ground and refined, or whatever. (as was done at various points in history)
Kinda annoying how many people take this issue to mean "kill sharks or humans will die" when it's just about money.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoWould that make it too expensive for some? So inoculate just those that can afford it?
- cafebabbe 6y agoThere isn't a way out to this mess that doesn't involve rethinking wealth redistribution.
- sbuttgereit 6y agoAnimal expoitation vs the poor... I imagine some "intellectual" will come up with a new sort intersectionalism for this... or is this just one of those externalities we keep hearing about, but of the animal rights movement instead?
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoWell, we all suffer if a segment of the population isn't innoculated. Suffering, disease spread, cost. And putting "intellectual" in quotes is what, and attempt to make resorting-to-science look wrong?
- mmm_grayons 6y agoThere's also the concern of immediate availability, i.e. if shark-derived squalene is available today and the plant-derived version takes time to scale, we can't just start using that if we want to mass-produce a vaccine very quickly.
- megous 6y agoPossibly. It's hard to know without having a detailed insight into how this works. Presumably, there's some process involved in extracting it from both animals and plant sources. (You don't just put shark liver into a vaccine.) Someone in the know would have to provide a comparison.
- CivBase 6y ago> Use slightly more expensive other source of the same substance? You're assuming money is the only issue here. If we throw money at the problem, will we be able to produce a similar solution on a similar schedule?