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Damn it.There's no microchip inserted with it either.
Damn it.There's no microchip inserted with it either.
It makes your wee-wee bigger, stronger and capable of shooting a load across the street, though @StainlessDamn it.
In their own words, Moderna's Chief Medical Officer said they are "hacking the software of life." At the very least he's a moron when it comes to public relations.That's not quite true...Mrna technology has been studied for along time but illnesses these vaccines were being developed for (SARS, MERS, zika) were not as contagious as Covid 19 and mostly died out on their own. Investment in research and development of a drug dries up when it's no longer needed and progress is stopped before clinical trials begin. That doesn't mean the technology was unsuccessful. It takes about a billion dollars to bring a new drug to market so if there is no market for the drug, it doesn't get the investment dollars it needs.
Your theory seems to be that pharma companies are evil and just lying about the safety and efficacy of these vaccines to make money. Knowing people personally who are involved in this industry and in the development of these vaccines I don't believe that, but I know I won't convince people who want to believe that.
And you're right, we don't know the long term effects of either but due to the nature of vaccines and how they work, long term effects from vaccines in general are very rare. They are generally anaphylactic reactions or auto-immune issues that show up early on. And we know that in clinical trials incidence of these were very rare, mostly treatable, and not statistically that much different from the placebo group.
We are over a year into covid infections and know that many people still have effects from it. How long those effects will persist, we don't know. That's true.
So where do you draw the line at not being God? Medical science has improved American life expectancy from around age 40 to age 80 in about 160 years. Oh the horror! We should go back to the good old days where we just let **** happen I guess.In their own words, Moderna's Chief Medical Officer said they are "hacking the software of life." At the very least he's a moron when it comes to public relations.
Uh, no thanks. Too many unanswered questions. We aren't God.
For that matter, Covid was the right virus at the right time for all of this technology and its powerful surrogates and vested interests in the private and public sector.
The Medical-Industrial-Administrative Complex.
Coincidence? I think not. Not going to go along with the program. Sorry.
If only.It makes your wee-wee bigger, stronger and capable of shooting a load across the street, though @Stainless
Humans never seem to take a step backwards and ask the question, "should we" but rather impose the question "can we" instead. We are making technological gains by the week where it used to take us years. Humans aren't aiming to be God, they're creating one by the day.So where do you draw the line at not being God? Medical science has improved American life expectancy from around age 40 to age 80 in about 160 years. Oh the horror! We should go back to the good old days where we just let **** happen I guess.
Should we what...prevent serious illness, suffering and death? God gave us the tools and the minds to do that. I think he wants us to.Humans never seem to take a step backwards and ask the question, "should we" but rather impose the question "can we" instead. We are making technological gains by the week where it used to take us years. Humans aren't aiming to be God, they're creating one by the day.
No disrespect OFTB, but God gave us the ability to murder as well and I believe he made a Commandment about that. But since you brought up God, and since we're made in his image, do you think He really wants us to meddle with our genetics? I digress, we'll really take this thread off track. lolShould we what...prevent serious illness, suffering and death? God gave us the tools and the minds to do that. I think he wants us to.
BoiiingIt makes your wee-wee bigger, stronger and capable of shooting a load across the street, though @Stainless
Humans never seem to take a step backwards and ask the question, "should we" but rather impose the question "can we" instead. We are making technological gains by the week where it used to take us years. Humans aren't aiming to be God, they're creating one by the day.
That could be the incentive I need.It makes your wee-wee bigger, stronger and capable of shooting a load across the street, though @Stainless
What are you trying to say?If only.
Good, I'm unaffected then. Or maybe it's the pleats.It makes your wee-wee bigger, stronger and capable of shooting a load across the street, though @Stainless
This scene seems like they could be discussing vaccines
"Hacking the software of life" sounds pretty ripe for unintended consequences? You don't know what "you don't know." How about some longitudinal studies before we inject 300 million people -- 99.5% of whom would not die from Covid?So where do you draw the line at not being God? Medical science has improved American life expectancy from around age 40 to age 80 in about 160 years. Oh the horror! We should go back to the good old days where we just let **** happen I guess.
And he’s asymptomatic, as were 7 of the 8 Yankees that tested positive. That is the vaccine working.Fully vaccinated fuckup Bill Maher just tested positive for kung flu.
And he’s asymptomatic, as were 7 of the 8 Yankees that tested positive. That is the vaccine working.
And he’s asymptomatic, as were 7 of the 8 Yankees that tested positive. That is the vaccine working.
No. A vaccine trains the immune system to create antibodies to defeat a virus so a person never becomes symptomatic.no, that's how Nyquil works. A vaccine is supposed to cure or prevent a virus.
No. A vaccine trains the immune system to create antibodies to defeat a virus so a person never becomes symptomatic.
It’s obviously super effective. The few states that are seeing increases in cases (AL, MS, LA) are those with the lowest vaccination rates.Defeat doesn't mean cure? You are describing something that just limits symptoms, like over the counter cold meds. You can still get it, still possibly get sick from it (as apparently 1 of the vaccinated yankees did), and still pass it to others. Wow, sounds super effective.
If you had a child with cancer or a potentially fatal genetic disease you might feel a bit differently about gene therapy.No disrespect OFTB, but God gave us the ability to murder as well and I believe he made a Commandment about that. But since you brought up God, and since we're made in his image, do you think He really wants us to meddle with our genetics? I digress, we'll really take this thread off track. lol
My point is that Humans are creating machine learning via artificial intelligence, should we be doing that? What about CRISPR/Cas9 gene "therapy" to supposedly cure disease, should we? Where does that path lead and what is the cost if it veers off of that path? Inevitably, the evil in this world finds a sinister application for even the best of intentions, and weaponizing gene therapies or AI is one scary *** thought. I don't want SKYNET and I sure as Hell don't want to have to fight the Winter Soldier.![]()