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CustosEcheveria t1_j8yqn28 wrote

Can't wait for the antivax cult to freak out about this.

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Patcher404 t1_j8zccgg wrote

The same people screaming "think of the children" are the same ones completely fine watching them die of preventable diseases

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Daryno90 t1_j8zdgox wrote

They are also fine with them being gunned down too

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danteheehaw t1_j90orca wrote

The Bible clearly states that God helps those who help themselves.

If those children don't want to be gunned down then they should had brought their own gun to school and protected themselves. Then by God's grace they'd still be alive.

Assuming they truly believed in our christ and savior Jesus F. Christ

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Patcher404 t1_j90fan2 wrote

But won't someone think of the gun manufacturers?!

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Butlerian_Jihadi t1_j91rlmx wrote

"The unborn" are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don't resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don't ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don't need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don't bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike, they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It's almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.

Pastor Dave Barnhart

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cturtl808 t1_j90eno0 wrote

This story is bittersweet. She has an older sister with the exact same illness and is too far progressed in her illness for gene therapy to be successful.

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CoveyIsHere t1_j8yn6ar wrote

You already know this is going to upset some religious person scared of humans "playing God"

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u9Nails t1_j8yyyc8 wrote

Just move the goal posts. God makes the Universe. Humans can splice genes and make life now.

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Ace_Ranger t1_j8zf7lw wrote

It's only "playing God" with medical advances. Forced birth, death penalty for abortions, using young adults to kill muslims in other countries, all A OK.

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parsifal t1_j90364l wrote

Well god shouldn’t have fucked up in the first place, then.

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cry_w t1_j8zm0ao wrote

I feel like being nervous about the potential abuses that could come with such technology is just as warranted here as it is for, as an example, more advanced AI's, regardless of whether someone is religious or not. That being said, this isn't an abuse and thus isn't really a problem.

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has-some-questions t1_j8zt08b wrote

Is this the same kid, where her older sister is too old for the gene therapy, and will pass in a couple of years?

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PingouinMalin t1_j91b07c wrote

Ouch that one dampened my joy quickly. This is a tragedy.

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shaneh445 t1_j8yv4wh wrote

I am legend

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naa but for real though i hope this little one stays happy and healthy. And left the fuck alone by anti science freaks..

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digitdaemon t1_j90e91s wrote

Also left alone by the science freaks, cause I have to say, it would be a little bit cool to meet the first person saved by gene-therapy, and the team that made it happen ofc.

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Vegan_Harvest t1_j8zyxsx wrote

One cure for cancer please! Oh and migraines!

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DDronex t1_j910nv4 wrote

We have a "cure" for a cancer and people still don't take it

It's the HPV vaccine, that prevents infection from numerous papilloma virus strains responsible for cervical cancer and penis cancer, yet people don't vaccinated themselves because "my daughter will never be promiscuous and get HPV", or we "don't believe in that vaccine crap"

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Windyandbreezy t1_j8zsx22 wrote

His Name is Solid Snake if anyone is wondering

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AliceVerron t1_j8zzj4n wrote

I just need to survive until they can cure me of all my shit and maybe, just maybe I can actually become a normal person who can go out to aquariums and parks without fear of my intestinal tract knotting up and spewing blood, or my heart stopping from too many panic attacks...

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PositiveBubbles t1_j91p0ci wrote

Well that's good news. I feel for the sister though

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iceman_x2 t1_j92rkls wrote

If I remember correctly, the treatment also cost 2.4 million Euros. That whole family will be paying off that debt for the rest of their life

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L_G_M_H t1_j96v1sv wrote

UK healthcare is free

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iceman_x2 t1_j98aclk wrote

Oh right! Y’all actually have healthcare that doesn’t cripple you for life, my b 😂

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dnaH_notnA t1_j93co8v wrote

Cool. Now when do we get plasmids?

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Ahab1312 t1_j97togb wrote

For now. Let's see what happens in a few years.

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RJoeEL t1_j9bqbqb wrote

Who would post a neg comment here TROLLS

This is awesome, made my day

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Mysterious-Clock-744 t1_j914dks wrote

Mods either don’t care or no longer enforce sub rules. This thread is littered with cynical comments

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Fit-Bug-7766 t1_j90mtur wrote

This is both amazing and terrifying. Now we can also have inequality in genetics.

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caidicus t1_j90poj4 wrote

Unfortunately, doctors stopped short of giving her blond curly locks and stunningly blue eyes.

Small steps, I suppose. I guess we'll just have to settle for saving people's lives, currently...

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ball_armor t1_j917a4b wrote

Calling that eugenics is such a reach.

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BroItsJesus t1_j918kx3 wrote

What are you talking about? Of course giving a young girl the opportunity to live is eugenics. They should just let her die /s

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caidicus t1_j946plp wrote

I had hoped that I wouldn't need to put /s after my comment, that the humor would've been apparent. I meant it as a joke "only saving lives" being the punchline, of sorts.

I meant it in the way that we live in a world where beauty and vanity are so much more important than actual important things. For example, teachers making tiny salaries for dozen have hour workdays, 7 days a week while celebrities and athletes make sometimes tens of millions a year.

My comment was supposed to be a joke. :*(

:D

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