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Re:A blood marker predicts who gets ‘breakthrough’ Covid by whatshisface on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:12PM (#28009505)
Why is a lucky genetic draw less of a privilege than a large inheritance?

Look at it this way - how much would a rich heir pay to go from ugly and stupid to beautiful and intelligent? I can't imagine a sum large enough that they wouldn't be willing to trade it away.

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Re:A blood marker predicts who gets ‘breakthrough’ Covid by cortesoft on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:29PM (#28009671)
It isn’t about whether one is more of a ‘privilege’ than the other. It is about the source of the privilege. We are trying to correct privileges given by society, not the ones given by nature.
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Re:A blood marker predicts who gets ‘breakthrough’ Covid by inglor_cz on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:47PM (#28009839)
"We are trying to correct privileges given by society, not the ones given by nature."

We try to correct privileges given by nature all the time, especially helping disabled people.

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