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Originally Posted by GasoLane
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Yes I know.. it's not nice... where's the compassion... how dare anyone suggest anything about someone's god-given right to have babies... etc etc.
Try and move past the outrage. What other species on earth is left completely unchecked in terms of reproduction and no natural predators?
Overpopulation is a problem and if we don't keep our own numbers in check then mother nature is eventually going to intervene and do it for us.
Here's something you may find interesting:
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Avastin was this anti-angiogenesis drug, meant to starve a tumor by cutting off its blood supply. That drug has failed miserably. These cells simply evolved the ability to survive on less blood. They actually ended up more dangerous than if they hadn’t given any drug at all. So, by starving them, we actually created an absolute monster.
https://scicom.ucsc.edu/publications...13/austin.html
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Cancer is going to evolve around anything we can throw at it. We'll find a cure, and then we'll end up with a different kind of cancer, and then we'll aim to find a cure.. lather rinse repeat.
Given that we're also experiencing overpopulation... as per the 11'000 scientists who signed that climate change document and suggested we reduce our numbers, all I am saying is why not start with genetic conditions that lead to premature death?
Of course people should be treated, noone should have to die... but tbh their children shouldn't have to die either.
Isn't it a kindness to not have a baby when you know the odds of it having a serious health issue is high?
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Population
Still increasing by roughly 80 million people per year, or more than 200,000 per day (figure 1a–b), the world population must be stabilized—and, ideally, gradually reduced—within a framework that ensures social integrity. There are proven and effective policies that strengthen human rights while lowering fertility rates and lessening the impacts of population growth on GHG emissions and biodiversity loss. These policies make family-planning services available to all people, remove barriers to their access and achieve full gender equity, including primary and secondary education as a global norm for all, especially girls and young women (Bongaarts and O’Neill 2018)
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/...70/1/8/5610806
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