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MRNA therapies have such high potential, there really ought to be much more public education and outreach to prevent people falling down the quackery rabbit hol
by Zigurd 1y ago
MRNA therapies have such high potential, there really ought to be much more public education and outreach to prevent people falling down the quackery rabbit hole. I don't just say that to pile on to the quacks. It's so detrimental and costs so many lives that it's probably a target for influence by adversary nation actors.
- therein 1y ago[flagged]
- foota 1y agoUnsubstantiated skepticism is unhealthy.
- therein 1y ago[flagged]
- greglansky 1y agoDid you survive from childhood to adulthood, even having been sick when you were young? If the answer is "yes", the trust is substantiated.
- therein 1y ago[flagged]
- dyauspitr 1y agoIt doesn’t seem like a comeback, more a validation of the process we have in place to greenlight medical therapies.
- leereeves 1y agoMy grandmother died because of an FDA approved therapy that was later pulled from the market. One of many [1]. Given that experience, I think the process we have in place to greenlight medical therapies is not perfect, and I don't think it's unreasonable to be more cautious than the FDA is. Especially when the treatment is mandatory. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_withdrawn_drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_withdrawn_drugs
- dyauspitr 1y agoYes, there are other cases too like thalidomide. Edge cases or misses don’t mean that you throw the baby out with the bathwater. What’s the alternative? Let skeptical people keep effective treatments from the vast majority of the population?
- leereeves 1y agoIt seemed to me like most of the opposition was to the mandate rather than to letting people take the vaccine if they chose to.
- dyauspitr 1y agoThe way vaccines work is you can never really eradicate things if everyone doesn’t take it. We would still have smallpox floating around if the vaccination drive wasn’t mandatory. Additionally the GP here is advocating for restricting mRNA research in general which seems to be a general theme with the post truth folks.
- ChocolateGod 1y agoIt's also the herd immunity that comes from mass vaccination, some individuals with health conditions can not build immunity from vaccines (e.g. organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressants) and are much more likely to die from infections, herd immunity is the only way they can be protected and have a normal life.
- briangriffinfan 1y agoOne requires a better reason than simply because they were told that their skepticism is unsubstantiated.
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- the_real_cher 1y agoLobotomy's were viewed to have so much high potential back in the day that they won the Nobel prize. In true scientific fashion both sides would ideally just stick with the facts.
- hobs 1y agoThere's no "both sides" in science.
- more_corn 1y agoI mean, there is the side that is backed by evidence and the one that is not. That’s two sides. I just don’t feel inclined to listen to the side that is not.
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- the_real_cher 1y agoI guess the side that give the Nobel prize to lobotomies wasnt backed by evidence? Or were they backed by evidence? And then stronger more compelling evidence came out later against? Thats kind of how science works, its a process of discovery not a set in stone right/wrong. Things arent as reductionist as you claim, it does people good when they open their world up to that fact.
- sheepdestroyer 1y agoNot only in science. Even (or especially) in impartial journalism or public debate, there's no valid reason why any unfounded (thus illegitimate) opinions should get as much consideration as sound and researched arguments.
- dpe82 1y agoIf we hadn't had a pandemic in which lots of people lost their collective minds and an irresponsible political machine that took advantage of that, mRNA would be pretty universally hailed as the miracle it is. That aside, yes. Education is important. Sadly at least in the US some of the people who lost their minds are now in charge of such education.
- chasil 1y agoThis article asserts that white blood cells are the target, but we also know that (within the brain) astrocytes and [iirc] microglia can bear latent infection. Is such a carrier capable of addressing latent reservoirs inside the blood-brain barrier? Can it cross the barrier, pervade the cerebrospinal fluid, then penetrate all infected cells? White blood cells are a fantastic achievement, but far from the whole story.
- yieldcrv 1y ago[flagged]
- joemazerino 1y agoPart of the pushback was the use of censorship apparatus during COVID. Science is supposed to be open to dispute, and silencing opposing opinions only adds to the conspiracy fuel.