> If I’m currently faced with the choices of taking a homemade vaccine or not taking a homemade vaccine, the latter is clearly the less dangerous course of action. I think that’s the spirit of the comment to which we were all replying, and it’s the actual choice being discussed.
Well, the actual content of the comment we’re all replying to is a mix of “it’s impossible for a non-expert to come up with an idea that’s worth experimenting with for anyone” and haughty derision about Rationalism and what the commenter perceives as the “hubris” that goes along with that.
What the original comment misses is that the people who came up with this protocol are not pitching it as anything other than an experiment for themselves and maybe others who are interested — they make no safety claims, no claims about the real vaccines, no claims that it’s a good idea, etc., and no one is arguing that taking a homemade vaccine is good or better than the real vaccines or other precautions, which seems to be the strawman you’re debating in your post.
That said, historically, a significant number of vaccines were demonstrated to work initially by the inventors trying them on themselves and then challenging themselves with live virus.
The fact that at it’s not a good idea for the average person to try a homemade vaccine (and to be clear: we are 100% in agreement here) does not imply that the original radvac authors here should not have put together their protocol.
Well, the actual content of the comment we’re all replying to is a mix of “it’s impossible for a non-expert to come up with an idea that’s worth experimenting with for anyone” and haughty derision about Rationalism and what the commenter perceives as the “hubris” that goes along with that.
What the original comment misses is that the people who came up with this protocol are not pitching it as anything other than an experiment for themselves and maybe others who are interested — they make no safety claims, no claims about the real vaccines, no claims that it’s a good idea, etc., and no one is arguing that taking a homemade vaccine is good or better than the real vaccines or other precautions, which seems to be the strawman you’re debating in your post.
That said, historically, a significant number of vaccines were demonstrated to work initially by the inventors trying them on themselves and then challenging themselves with live virus.
The fact that at it’s not a good idea for the average person to try a homemade vaccine (and to be clear: we are 100% in agreement here) does not imply that the original radvac authors here should not have put together their protocol.