[ExI] Virologist cures herself of breast cancer with a lab grown virus

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 4:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> So somebody (allegedly) cures themselves of cancer, and all the fuss is
> about "the ethics of self-experimentation".
>

Issue 1: did she actually cure herself?  Did she have cancer, does she now
not have cancer, and are there any notable negative-to-her side effects?

Issue 2: is the procedure well enough documented to allow replication, or
will this result in a bunch of people poisoning themselves?  Not her fault,
but still a potential problem.

Those aside, yes, most of the talk about "ethics" in practice is about,
"how dare that person take personal sovereignty over something that we are
the self-appointed experts and masters of."
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