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LesboPregnancyScare 12 points ago +13 / -1

its so sad that people are actually taking it. The normal approach to vaccines is a 10 year long process. Instead we have 2-3 in 6 months. And one uses gene manipulation [mRNA] instead of a weakened virus. Its terrifying how this is accepted.

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BeijingJoeHastoGo 2 points ago +2 / -0

Dude, the treatments they've tried with CRISPR killed the test victims. I'm pretty sure they stopped using that shit.

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d_lock 2 points ago +2 / -0

Crispr editing vaccines are still around. Crispr Therapeutics has a few in stage 2 trials, and there are a few others with them -- Intellia and Editas as examples. The problem is, that style of vaccine can be super dangerous, and they're much less effective in older people. The vaccines currently in trial are for pretty awful hereditary diseases, like sickle cell or amyloid polyneuropathy.

Using CRISPR for a virus was a stupid idea, and I'm fairly certain it didn't go far at all.