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Re:WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRN... by dageshi on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:55PM (#28935485)
They saved the world already. It's just not evenly distributed yet. It's a bit like me saying, "hey, you know climate change? that's an exceptional circumstance, well why don't you go live a hunter gather existence like our ancestors did to reduce your carbon footprint as much as possible?"
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Re:WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRN... by burkaman on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:02PM (#28935617)
Because that would be a very large sacrifice with a very small benefit. Conversely, Moderna has the opportunity to make a relatively small sacrifice for an incomprehensibly enormous benefit.

If my becoming a hunter gatherer would single-handedly eliminate 50% of global emissions or something, I would do it in a heartbeat.

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Re:WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRN... by dageshi on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:07PM (#28935698)
I see, so long as it's someone else's sacrifice, it's fine, they should do that.
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