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Re:Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for Covid-19 by EE84M3i on Monday August 31, 2020 @09:55AM (#24331466)
>Some scientists are self-administering an untested product. Is that legal?

There are many things that it's illegal to cook up in a lab and inject into yourself, including many where the act of cooking it isn't the problem, it's the injection.

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Re:Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for Covid-19 by nsilvestri on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:07AM (#24331577)
"Legal" and "ethical" are not synonymous.
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Re:Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for Covid-19 by reificator on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:32AM (#24331817)
> "Legal" and "ethical" are not synonymous.

I'm not sure anyone in this thread is confused on that point. The parent appears to be responding to this section of the grandparent:

> > Some scientists are self-administering an untested product. Is that legal?

> Yes, of course. Obviously.

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Re:Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for Covid-19 by EE84M3i on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:32AM (#24331820)
>"Legal" and "ethical" are not synonymous.

The GP and the OP ask both questions. I was specifically replying to the GP's claim that it's obvious that it is legal.

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