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Not sure why the article is focusing so much on software development. That was just a piece of the problem. The entire product had design flaws. When the FDA for involved, the company wasn't just told to make software updates.

Evolution did a terrible job there. So many diseases linked to mitochondrial dysfunction nowadays. We have this amazingly complex machinery, and a single point of failure, no redundancy whatsoever.

The FDA moved mountains to get these first vaccines rushed out of the door. And while they are better than nothing, it has not met the high expectations that were set. People fully boosted are still developing symptoms, some even developing long covid.

But the worst is that any newer vaccines or even therapies are not getting the same type of priority anymore. There are a lot of really interesting products on the pipeline, moving at a really slow pace, like Novavax.

After reading it, my suspicion was confirmed. Yet another mab. Very powerful, but expensive to scale and synthesise. I guess poor people will have to just suck it up and die. We don't have the tech yet to make these cost effective. Big pharma loves this natural barrier of entry though.

Also, don't expect this stuff to be available anytime soon. FDA process is pretty slow, and sometimes political. Maybe if it were effective against Sars-Cov-2, FDA would be willing again to rush it though the door. Still can't wrap my head around how stuff like Molnupiravir made the cut. They just don't have any shame.

What a presumptuous article. What exactly have we "fixed"? We simply stopped destroying it, and nature took care of the rest.

If I stop causing a recurrent issue that is all my own fault anyway, should I go ahead and pat myself on the back?

This is almost akin to a murderer saying that he saved a person by practicing self-control.

Dealers lace it because it can't be easily detected. If they have access to this, then they may lace it with carfentanyl instead, if then you offer carfentanyl test strips, they'll find the next toxic thing to do it. It's just a cat chasing the tail.