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Except this isn't like vaccines. Vaccines are tried and true over decades. They also can't proliferate on their own and become self sustaining. Based on what I
by DubiousPusher 5y ago
Except this isn't like vaccines. Vaccines are tried and true over decades. They also can't proliferate on their own and become self sustaining.
Based on what I've read this sounds safe but that is not a fair analogy and given our pretty crappy track record of screwing up local ecosystems by trying to introduce balancing species, I'd say this warrants caution and wouldn't fault people their discomfort.
- admax88q 5y ago> Vaccines are tried and true over decades. Can only become tried and true if you actually try it ;).
- bawolff 5y agoTo nitpick, "They also can't proliferate on their own and become self sustaining." - for live vaccines (not the type used for covid) that can be a reasonable concern
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y agoGentically modified organisms are also a technology that has been tried and true for decades. Even with vaccines there have been issues. See for example the Russian vaccine with the live virus. Or people who have caught polio from the Sabine vaccine. Or the kids with bowel intusseception from the Rotavirus vaccines. Or the scare about blood clots with Astra-Zeneca and J&J. You will never be able to achieve 100% safety with zero risk. However, you have to consider the trade offs and the baseline risks. I think when you consider this for both vaccines and genetically modified mosquitoes, the benefits far outweighs the risks. Edit: Also, Moderna and Pfizer are the first vaccines to use mRNA technology. Because they haven’t been tried and true for decades, which seems to be your standard of safety, would you advise people not to take them?
- mbesto 5y agoGreat example of what happens when you disrupt one part of a food chain: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral-overfishing.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral-overfishing.html