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How is it great? It's the equivalent of someone coming up to you with a needle full of something and stabbing you with it (that they already stabbed other peopl
by theultdev 2y ago
How is it great? It's the equivalent of someone coming up to you with a needle full of something and stabbing you with it (that they already stabbed other people with) without your consent.
I just don't see how injecting people with genetically modified parasites without their consent is "great".
- nancybelowzero 2y agoThe same thing ordinary mosquitoes do already?
- theultdev 2y agoYeah and some animals kill humans, does that mean it's okay to kill humans too? Right now you can consent to get a malaria vaccine, no covert parasite needed. If the counter that it is for poorer populations, I'd still say you may want to ask them if they want to be injected with a genetically modified parasite. If one single person doesn't want to be in the area, you shouldn't do it. Would you support them dropping these in your neighborhood?
- zwirbl 2y agoI don't live in malaria country, but yes, absolutely. While we are at it, something just like this for Lyme disease and TBE would be the icing on the cake.
- theultdev 2y agoAlright, now go ask all of your neighbors if they want a genetically modified parasite injected into them. If everyone is okay with it, then proceed.
- joshuaissac 2y agoI already have to breathe in pollutants released into my neighbourhood by other people without my consent. I have to deal with the aggregated effects of bad economic decisions made by others. Getting infected with a malaria vaccine instead of actual malaria via a mosquito bite without my consent would be the most benign of this type of problem. Oh, and this already happens with the attenuated polio vaccine. People can catch the vaccine from those who have been immunised, in a similar way to how they could catch the virus. Delivering the vaccine the same way the pathogen spreads also allows people to opt out by following the same techniques they would to avoid the actual disease. You can use mosquito nets, mosquito sprays, etc., to help avoid both malaria and the mosquito-delivered vaccine.
- ChrisClark 2y agoJust like a mosquito does?
- autoexec 2y agoThe entire problem is that we can't stop someone (namely Mr. Mosquito) from coming up to us with a needle full of something and stabbing us with it (that they already stabbed other people with) without our consent. I'd much prefer we got rid of Mr. Mosquito, but if we won't (or can't) we can at least make sure that what's in that jerk's needle stops killing people every day.
- theultdev 2y agoWe can get rid of disease-carrying mosquitos, many countries do it. You can modify them to not reproduce if you're modifying them already for this instance. If it's a matter of "won't" then we should ask "why not", instead of allowing someone to do this.
- kevlened 2y ago> We can get rid of mosquitos, many countries do it. Curious to know where I can find no mosquitoes, other than Iceland and Antarctica.
- theultdev 2y agoThailand and many asian countries have eradicated the troubling mosquitos (not entirely but with great success, especially in urban areas) The US has also had great success in their eradication and mitigation programs.
- notahacker 2y agoThey're more likely to give you dengue than malaria, but one thing Thailand has definitely not eradicated is the likelihood of getting bitten by mosquitos with great regularity...
- theultdev 2y agoYes and you still get bit in the US but malaria is a thing of the past. The point is not to get rid of all mosquitos, just the disease-carrying ones.
- selimthegrim 2y agoHave you heard about the old style glass injectors?
- yreg 2y agoSeems like you just described mandatory vaccination. Which is indeed great in case of many vaccines.
- aredox 2y agoPeople are already infecting other people without my consent. How do you think I got COVID, the flu, etc.?