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Originally Posted by Ustwo
So instead you give it to a population where the people are more likely to get the disease and see if those on it have a lower rate of infection than those that don't. This is far less reliable for a number of reasons, but its that whole 'ethical' thing again.
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This is how you get studies that conclude that circumcision lowers a person's risk of contracting hiv.
I just want to know if there are any other horrible diseases that we decided not to cure because a more aggressive mutated form of the disease might result. Seems like pretty silly argument to me.