Comment on He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoRunning a study that’s unethical and scientifically rigorous and pushing the results, is a mark of a bad scientist.
This is rather similar to how the “vaccines cause autism” myth started.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
You’re assuming the conclusion though – that it’s unethical. The argument here is that he tested it on himself specifically in order not to endanger others – as that would be unethical.
If, as some would hope, other scientists try to reproduce the results then it’ll get corroboration, or be shot down.
If the brews contain only safe test viruses, it should ethically be a safe experiment. Test for antibodies to the innocuous viruses and thee mechanism is proven or disproven.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I sit on an institutional REB. This is unethical. There’s a long list of accidental deaths in history from medical “geniuses” and if left unchecked, eventually we could get more virulent infectious agents from idiots trying to CRISPR edit themselves in their garage.