[HN Gopher] Cholesterol levels cut in half with one-time gene ed...
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       Cholesterol levels cut in half with one-time gene editing drug in
       trial
        
       Author : brandonb
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2026-01-25 20:54 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nbcnews.com)
        
       | bediger4000 wrote:
       | If mRNA vaccines are viewed with skepticism, how will actual gene
       | editing be viewed?
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       | Shoot, who am I kidding, the COVID vaccine "skepticism" was
       | entirely tribal. Republicans needed a pure, unblemished Trump, so
       | they couldn't acknowledge the seriousness of COVID, or even it's
       | existence. Trump clearly botched the beginning of the pandemic.
       | Thus, the mRNA COVID vaccine has to be rejected.
        
         | johng wrote:
         | I think it's a bit more nuanced than that. Especially when the
         | lies were so obvious. You can't get COVID if you get the
         | vaccine (A lie), You can't spread COVID if you get the vaccine
         | (A lie). If they would have been honest from the start -- that
         | you are less likely to need to take up limited hospital beds if
         | you got the vaccine, I think people would have responded
         | better.
         | 
         | Then there were the obviously stupid mask rules.... wear a
         | mask, stand in lane, separate... but as soon as you sit down at
         | a table, you can take off the mask and now all of the sudden
         | the disease magically can't spread.
         | 
         | No gathering outside, no going to church, even outside if you
         | provide plenty of space or we will arrest you.
         | 
         | However, riots lining up body to body for the cause of the week
         | is perfectly fine without masks.
         | 
         | The hypocrisy of the whole situation was obvious and
         | undeniable. I'm sure you are partly true with some of the Trump
         | hard core lover people.... but there are a LOT of silent
         | majority in the middle that don't like Trump but dislike the
         | lies and hypocricy much much more.
        
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