It seems to me the social and legislative reactions to COVID-19, such as they are, are not so different from the choice to use CRISPR to engineer around a disease at the population level. They are both high-order behaviors that come from evolution, they aren't separate from it. There are unforeseen consequences to action and inaction. There's not a conservative stay-on-course-for-sure option. The sands shift out from under us.
-----Original Message----- From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 12:12 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] semi-idle question I pressed a similar argument for CRISPR on vFriam this week. If the socially responsible thing to do is to vaccinate for COVID-19, then perhaps it is even more socially responsible to CRISPR away all potential to contract the virus for future generations. -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
