A social background on #CRISPRbabies as a few friends asked 1. Q: how’s the gov didn’t find out abt it? A: there is a systemic problem with the entire pharma value chain of China and major malfunction of CFDA, a recent case is a massive vaccine scandal google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.…
2. Q: What action will be taken by the gov? A: most likely nothing, as the case is more of a “moral discussion” which will not spur “social unrest” or mount of anger like the vaccine case that was taken seriously eventually
3. Q: So the chinese government is going to make super soilder now? A: Most likely there won’t be a top down official initiative but might be illegally “commercialized” quickly as chinese parents are paranoid about making their kids successful, if it markets well to them (cont.
In mid 90s, there was guy in China selling a supplement claiming make kids brain develop better during sleep etc (turned out to be just melatonin...), made him the richest person in China in less than 5 years 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ thecasecentre.org/students/produ…
I’m less worried abt the Gov abusing it but more on reckless business man taking advantage of it. The CRISPR “solution” can be illegally conducted under request from parents, to make kids smarter prettier stronger, with super high price tag, driven by human nature & economic 😐
