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So in other words, people like that want to wait and see how it goes for all of the expendable people before they try it themselves, because they're the protago
by minikites 5y ago
So in other words, people like that want to wait and see how it goes for all of the expendable people before they try it themselves, because they're the protagonist of reality.
- retrac 5y agoI mean... Yes? That's how it goes with experimental drugs. Let's say it's March 2020. They've whipped up the first batch of mRNA which will hopefully induce spike protein production. Never before tried in humans. But it didn't kill the rats! How eager would you be to take that shot? Like don't get me wrong. We should have begun human experiments with some brave volunteers far sooner and with more recklessness, given the stakes. But no one really wants to be the first dozen, or thousand, or in the first long-term study on side effects.
- burnished 5y agoThis is a needlessly inflammatory take on the situation.
- minikites 5y agoI don't have much respect for people who are that selfish. If the only reason someone is "hesitating" is because they believe other people are less important or more expendable than them, I'm not really bothered if their feelings are hurt.
- ehvatum 5y agoI got the Pfizer vax, which like all available COVID vaccines in the US, is authorized for distribution on an emergency basis - because these vaccines have yet to be verified safe and effective by phase 3 studies. Waiting until proper FDA approval does not require solipsism.
- dang 5y agoWould you please stop posting flamewar comments? We're trying for something other than that here, and this one is a noticeable step hellward. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: we've asked you this multiple times before. If you keep doing it we are going to have to ban you.