[HN Gopher] CDC to end all monkey research; will phase out HIV, ...
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       CDC to end all monkey research; will phase out HIV, infectious
       disease studies
        
       Author : zzzeek
       Score  : 59 points
       Date   : 2025-11-21 15:43 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.science.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.science.org)
        
       | taylodl wrote:
       | Ignoramuses running amok, dictating policies whose consequences
       | they neither understand nor will take any responsibility for.
        
         | beefnugs wrote:
         | Nah they just know all the secrets ahead of time, like how they
         | will start allowing tech companies to mess with genetics to
         | cure this stuff
        
       | freen wrote:
       | Ignorance is Bliss.
       | 
       | Science is that which, despite your opinions, exists.
       | 
       | Pathogens everywhere are cheering.
        
       | harddrivereque wrote:
       | Is it just me or are the news lately really not nice? Less free
       | internet, funding cuts for science (including NASA and this
       | example), the economy is worse than it used to be (as far as I
       | remember), general mental health of the population is
       | tanking,almost every aspect of usual life is being exploited by
       | apps for micropayments, wealth gap grows, I come gap, well, grows
       | too, but everything is impossibly expensive for every class.. are
       | we going into the "great recession" version of the dark ages? I
       | mean, it's not it right? But I have to agree, I do feel bad for
       | the animals, but as someone who has participated in certain
       | academic activities I am convinced that the scrutiny that the
       | ethical committees have put the research through for this should
       | ensure more than enough reasons for this research. Also. What
       | happens with the monkeys? Do they send them to the zoo? I don't
       | think so
        
       | kylehotchkiss wrote:
       | The wording of this headline shocked me, but it seems like
       | they're going to stop infectious diseases on monkeys
       | specifically?
       | 
       | CDC not researching infectious diseases at all is essentially
       | closing their doors.
        
         | gweinberg wrote:
         | Right, just monkeys, and they only had 200 study monkeys in the
         | first place. Pretty much a bacon double nothingingburger.
        
           | orbifold wrote:
           | 200 is a lot of monkeys
        
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