Re: scientist heretiger0rangeOctober 25 2012, 21:45:08 UTC
Okay that reply was so off, I'm thinking you don't even understand what I'm saying.
Read the Nature article. The scientists did not say it was impossible. They said it was unlikely. The Civil Protection Agency gave the more definitive statement. Then they went back and said why didn't the scientists correct them. Well that's just plain stupid.
Look, I worked with BSL 3 organisms. I worked with things that could kill hundreds easily both chemical and biological. I know what society trusts me with and what it doesn't. I work in vaccine development now. If someone asked me my opinion on vaccines and then died taking one. It would NOT be my responsibility it would be the responsibility of the people who marketed the vaccine. That's what keeps the company on track making sure they put something safe out there.
My job is to extend human knowledge. It's not to market or manufacture things for human consumption. It goes with science that I may be wrong . That's why the road from discovery to application is so long and doesn't involve the original scientists for most of it. What we have here is a witch hunt. The Civil Protection Agency is scapegoating the scientists. The truth is that the buck stops with the CPA no matter what advice they were given.
This is a red herring to distract you from the fact that lax building codes were what really caused the high death count.
Read the Nature article. The scientists did not say it was impossible. They said it was unlikely. The Civil Protection Agency gave the more definitive statement. Then they went back and said why didn't the scientists correct them. Well that's just plain stupid.
Look, I worked with BSL 3 organisms. I worked with things that could kill hundreds easily both chemical and biological. I know what society trusts me with and what it doesn't. I work in vaccine development now. If someone asked me my opinion on vaccines and then died taking one. It would NOT be my responsibility it would be the responsibility of the people who marketed the vaccine. That's what keeps the company on track making sure they put something safe out there.
My job is to extend human knowledge. It's not to market or manufacture things for human consumption. It goes with science that I may be wrong . That's why the road from discovery to application is so long and doesn't involve the original scientists for most of it.
What we have here is a witch hunt. The Civil Protection Agency is scapegoating the scientists. The truth is that the buck stops with the CPA no matter what advice they were given.
This is a red herring to distract you from the fact that lax building codes were what really caused the high death count.
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