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A comment on The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function Debate (2015). Parent comment

Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by shakna on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:01AM (#28583350)
> So is McDonald's every time they advertise and sell any of their garbage product. And yet we recognize that it is important that people make up their own minds than do 'what is right', because it is not our place to determine what is right for them.

Pelman v. McDonald's [0] covered that in considerable detail.

Markson, has promoted information that is detrimental to health, as positive for health, and so is not afforded certain protections.

Part of the reason that the tort against McDonald's failed, is that McDonald's was not shown that they had a duty to warn the plaintiff.

However, it is established precedent, that someone in Markson's positions _does_ have a duty to warn their audience.

[0] https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/8852143/Benloulo...

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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by quantumsolace on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:14AM (#28583715)
Aside for YouTube "tut tut" what has Markson said that disqualifies her? I ask in full faith, as I don't know who she is.

But why does YT get to tut tut anyone? The only basic reason for it is that you fundamentally agree with YT's worldview and are OK with their dominance.

I'd ask for you to turn the tables around, YT censoring PoV you agree with. But we both know that is a ridiculous question; introspection by the hegemon usually is.

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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by shlant on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:51AM (#28583937)
> "But why does YT get to tut tut anyone?"

because it is a platform they own. I'm not arguing whether that is good or bad but if you run a site you are free to moderate it however you wish. Until YT, FB etc. are classified as public utilities or similar, you have no rights whatsoever to say what you want on someone else's platform.

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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by quantumsolace on Monday September 20, 2021 @02:09PM (#28596829)
Lol, I asked rhetorically. I know the legality behind it.

It's a pickle to to balance all the higher order principles involved.

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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by artificialLimbs on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:50AM (#28583596)
I don't give a damn if she's selling me the literal oil of processed snakes and telling me it will cure my cancer. It is not the purview of the government to be my daddy.
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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by m0llusk on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:33AM (#28583808)
Information you get from an advertising based channel is filtered by the advertisers who provide the money to make the thing run. Shitstorms are bad for sales.
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