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Let's see. Shall I infect my children at birth with a virus that screws with their brain chemistry, apparently permanently? I'm thinking "no". Given how closely tied the effects of various drugs are to natural brain chemicals, the chances that you'll come out the other side with the ability to experience the same range of feelings are a bit limited, and this is permanent, or at least very long lasting.
Oh, and nice to see medical metaphors being stretched even further here - not satisfied with "addiction" being a "disease", apparently it's now necessary to make it into an actual virus that you can immunise against, which it isn't so you can't. This isn't actually a vaccine that they're talking about.
However, given that this is a science-related article in an English newspaper during summer, it seems likely that
(a) the "vaccines" themselves and how they work are entirely misrepresented in the piece
(b) the various people quoted are talking out of their arses and don't know much more than the author
(c) the "recommendation" will be one of the weird ones at the back of the report that are there to prove they spent a long time on it, and to give the press something to chew on in silly season
so I'm not going to get too worried, any more than I have been by suggestions that all children should be started on anti-depressants as soon as they're on solids, you know, just in case. I'll get irritated at the people who actually stand up and say "yes, great idea" but I'm not that concerned it'll actually happen. |
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