https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1855182600093995139
They're talking about this amazing event in the history of ethics where a woman curing her own breast cancer was considered unethical for ??? reasons. https://t.co/iK2cvDbPzX pic.twitter.com/kzOphUx1zi
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) November 9, 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03647-0
In choosing to self-experiment, Halassy joins a long line of scientists who have participated in this under-the-radar, stigmatized and ethically fraught practice. "It took a brave editor to publish the report," says Halassy.
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A few things are true Medical ethicists are worthless r-slurs in their current incarnation, pretty sure Crémieux is a diet chud, and twitter commenters have no idea what the frick they're commenting on
The only things I can think of being an issue in this case is xir using lab resources and grant funding to treat cirselfx.
Studies of one being of limited value. Sure it works for her, but the Steve Jobs fruit juice cure "works" for a few people, too. I imagine there is some value to the treatment but a population of one won't make people move any faster on it.
Self-experimentation idgaf about. Someone can chip their peepee and tits off, what do I care if they inject some defanged bacteria
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