Decentralise everything!

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Cake day: June 27th, 2021

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  • I think it’s more that placebo studies of vaccines could be unethical. Vaccines are preventative treatment. A placebo study would mean that, say, we give the vaccine to 50, and a placebo to 50, and then wait some time (or, for much more unethical, deliberately inject people with the virus), and compare the results.

    For something like the common flu, this might be fine, but for something as dangerous as measles, this can be deadly.

    I am interested to hear from someone knowlesgeable how vaccines are supposed to be tested.












  • My background in is in Islam, not Christianity. This doesn’t answer your question but I hope it is helpful.

    Most opinions in Islam are that: it is not a sin to read pagan texts or texts from other religions, but it is highly discouraged for non-experts in Islam, as, for example, it may weaken their belief in Islam. Many Muslim prostelyzers, for example, extensively read non-Islamic texts to help them convert other people to Islam.

    However, I think a distinction is usually made between mythical texts and religious texts. Many believe that it is no sin to read Greek mythology because they see them as just fixtional stories, but that it is a sin or it is discourged to read the Torah or the Bible.