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To: MtnClimber
We should start testing medications on convicted violent felons, particularly those on death row.

Animal models, while useful, are unreliable because rat, dog, pig, or even ape physiologies aren't equivalent to our own.

4 posted on 05/13/2026 7:44:23 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck
“ Animal models, while useful, are unreliable because rat, dog, pig, or even ape physiologies aren't equivalent to our own.”

Yep. We’ve figured out how to cure several forms cancer in rats. But people aren’t rats.

11 posted on 05/13/2026 9:33:34 AM PDT by circlecity
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