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Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by 9dev »

Spartan-S63 wrote: post #11

I'd be interested to see more concerted research into contagious/self-replicable vaccines that are self-replicating and spreadable to a wider swath of people. That seems like a step forward in public health prevention for seasonal illnesses that we have well-engineered and safe vaccines for. I understand the bar for deployment would need to be high to ensure that side effects are even rare compared to typical volunta…

This sounds like a wonderfully deadly bio-weapon platform you're planning there. Maybe introduce some gene filter to target specific population groups..? The possibilities are endless!

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by LazyGooze »

sarchertech wrote: post #28
fny wrote: post #24

It's sad we're resorting to philanthropy to solve problems like this. $500M is chump change. NASA spent something like $300B in today's money on the Apollo program, and Artemis has exceeded $90B already. I'm much more keen on never getting sick than prepping for Mars.

The Iran war is going to cost us at least $200 billion dollars and you’re over here complaining about NASA spending?

just keep reminding yourself who was on those files... in case you forget it over the war

Re: Ending respiratory infections

#83

Post by fhars »

happyopossum wrote: post #6

> Healthy people spend roughly 15-25 days each year—about 5% of their lives—sick with respiratory infections like the common cold and influenza This seems completely unbelievable to me. Totally outside of my personal, professional, and family experience.

Yeah, that number is probably too low by a factor of two or so.

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by kakacik »

LazyGooze wrote: post #82
sarchertech wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Iran war is going to cost us at least $200 billion dollars and you’re over here complaining about NASA spending?

just keep reminding yourself who was on those files... in case you forget it over the war

Don't forget but don't hold it too dearly, clearly US society as a whole doesn't give a f*ck about pedophiles, thats the message I see consistently now. Still not comprehending how can any sane half-decent parent think and act like that (or just any decent human for that matter), but here we are and these are facts.

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by m4rtink »

Groxx wrote: post #49
MitziMoto wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, so was building moon rockets.

I don't think anyone (not insane) actually doubted we could reach the moon, they were just unsure how much money it'd take per launch, and if it'd ever be worth it. Because we had already reached orbit, "add more fuel" is essentially a guaranteed success, if infinite money is allowed - at worst you do it in multiple launches and join up the parts in space. 2, 10, 1000, it'll eventually succeed, there's no reason to b…

Well, don't forget the Soviets gave up in the end with their N1 rocket.

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by jcattle »

rebuilder wrote: post #36
fny wrote: post #24

It's sad we're resorting to philanthropy to solve problems like this. $500M is chump change. NASA spent something like $300B in today's money on the Apollo program, and Artemis has exceeded $90B already. I'm much more keen on never getting sick than prepping for Mars.

What makes you think they will succeed?

Yep. I don't see 500 million being even close to enough to develop broad-spectrum preventatives that would be easy enough and safe enough to administer, to get over 67% of the population to take them.

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by kakacik »

Groxx wrote: post #49
MitziMoto wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, so was building moon rockets.

I don't think anyone (not insane) actually doubted we could reach the moon, they were just unsure how much money it'd take per launch, and if it'd ever be worth it. Because we had already reached orbit, "add more fuel" is essentially a guaranteed success, if infinite money is allowed - at worst you do it in multiple launches and join up the parts in space. 2, 10, 1000, it'll eventually succeed, there's no reason to b…

Yet the chance of saving human lives en masse and permanently advancing knowledge of our own bodies should be more important than ticking a checkbox of walking on the moon and then shelving whole thing for good (that comes from person who loves astronomy etc but there are simply way more important matters in society).

We iteratively succeeded against AIDS ffs, that looked like impossible mission in 80s and 90s, we just threw more science and research on the problem. Your arguments are not that good

Re: Ending respiratory infections

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Post by simianwords »

LazyGooze wrote: post #82
sarchertech wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Iran war is going to cost us at least $200 billion dollars and you’re over here complaining about NASA spending?

just keep reminding yourself who was on those files... in case you forget it over the war

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