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Re:Covid-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome by trhway on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:54PM (#25449897)
>choice of the individual

during the first trimester there is no individual - the fetus brain isn't even at the fish level. There is no electrical activity in the fetus brain at all until the week 6.

In response to the comment below - genetically an egg and sperm combined in the lab is different from either donor, yet it doesn't make it into individual. Or if you just take 2 (or 3, ...) DNA and recombine on computer, and actually synthesize that DNA - genetically distinct, yet definitely not an individual.

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Re:Covid-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:58PM (#25449941)
Genetically there is. There is something that is genetically human, and is a different individual from either parent.
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