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		hutzlibu on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effecti... "It would be wildly unethical to give the virus to folks just to see how much virus it takes to get sick." Depends. If there are volunteers for it, (which I can imagine to be the case) - and the volunteers are fully aware of the risk - then it might be ethical to let them proceed and save millions of other people.

thehappypm on Nov 18, 2020 [–]

Ethics are a bit more nuanced than "consent makes it OK". Suicide is consented to as well.

hutzlibu on Nov 18, 2020 | [–]

Thats why some people accept the right of other people over their own life.

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