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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by mrschwabe on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:14PM (#6406483)
Sure, but if their plans involve bringing said solutions to the masses - this skepticism applies. Just imagine the millions of hipsters lining up for the Google, er, Calico vaccination.
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by rybosome on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:26PM (#6406559)
Hipsters like Google? I thought hipsters liked Apple...or do they just like whatever you dislike?
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by psbp on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:18PM (#6406506)
Google has a history of opening up its research. I doubt the medical community would accept a "google" vaccine without overwhelming consensus.
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by frozenport on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:32PM (#6406611)
The medical community has shown itself time and again to accept treatments with marginal advatnages and meciine with dubous wholistic heatlh effects (trading stroke for cancer). At the end of the day, pharmacueticals are not know for integrity.
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