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I had this idea when I was 7. I would spend all day outside and get tons of mosquito bites, but also sometimes I would go to the doctor to get shots. They seeme
by nancybelowzero 2y ago
I had this idea when I was 7. I would spend all day outside and get tons of mosquito bites, but also sometimes I would go to the doctor to get shots. They seemed to me to be not entirely different things, so I would wonder why they couldn't just put the shots into mosquitos, since they didn't hurt as much.
And it turns out, you can!
- therein 2y ago[flagged]
- nancybelowzero 2y agoAt 7, I don't believe I consented to the mosquitos or the shots.
- therein 2y ago[flagged]
- wizzwizz4 2y agoIt's only a mystery if you choose to remain ignorant of it. We are having a discussion on the largest information-sharing system in the history of our species: not all information is available online, but a lot is!
- therein 2y agoMy god what a simple take. Information Superhighway saves the day, yes. The future is now, information at our fingertips lest you choose to remain ignorant. I'd love to have the innocence that you have. A world where nobody has any ulterior motives.
- dekhn 2y agoThey did- people bitten by a mosquito do receive some amount of blood from previous individuals.
- theultdev 2y agoYour guardians consented to the shots because your brain wasn't developed enough to make your decision. For mosquitoes, nature doesn't require consent, but humans are put on another standard. Or do you think that because nature does something, humans are free to do it to themselves, like murder? A wild bear will kill you, so therefore a human can kill another human right?
- tempestn 2y agoYes, the child is unable to give consent in that scenario, so we have an alternative, because the benefit is worth it. (We could wait until people are adults before subjecting them to any vaccinations, but that would cost a lot of lives.) It's possible an intervention like this one could also save a lot of lives, and therefore might also warrant an exception from individual consent. (Or not; it would depend on the specific expected benefits and risks.)
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> At 7, I don't believe I consented to the mosquitos or the shots You also didn't consent to your mother's prenatal behaviour, neonatal nutrition, to going to school or having to clean up your room. Children are sapient. But it gets ridiculous when we extend the individual rights adults enjoy to them.
- satvikpendem 2y agoI'm not sure why this seems to be a needlessly negative reply to a fairly benign comment. Yeah, of course a child is unaware of those, it's just a fun observation by the commenter, you don't have to read so much into it.
- theultdev 2y agoThey're not putting shots into the mosquitos. They're modifying the parasite the mosquito injects that lives in your liver. When you were 7, did you yearn for modified parasites?
- greycol 2y agoTo be honest yes, lots of super hero stories about them. Though to be fair they're called symbiotes when they're helpful.
- thebruce87m 2y agoMy (just turned) 8 year old wants a box he can put any two animals in to breed them to make a hybrid. His example was a cat and a slug. He would absolutely love modified parasites.