How do you propose evolving genetic resistance to malaria? Getting humans to a point where 100% of humans have 100% resistance to 100% of malaria strains is not really how disease works. Keep in mind that the malaria can evolve too.
By allowing evolution to do its thing. But i suspect I just don’t understand the issue properly, given aaron’s answer.
Re malaria evolving: yeah I get that but we we could easily get into the antibiotics type war (I.e. more rapid evolution) if we choose/end up with the treatment route. Evolution is great at dealing with changing environments, I’m not convinced human ‘intervention’ is better, and can see 100 ways it could backfire.
I’m all for reducing suffering, but I am concerned we’re too short-sited and/or arrogant to really do the right thing.
I definitely need to learn more about the malaria situation though.
How do you propose evolving genetic resistance to malaria? Getting humans to a point where 100% of humans have 100% resistance to 100% of malaria strains is not really how disease works. Keep in mind that the malaria can evolve too.
By allowing evolution to do its thing. But i suspect I just don’t understand the issue properly, given aaron’s answer.
Re malaria evolving: yeah I get that but we we could easily get into the antibiotics type war (I.e. more rapid evolution) if we choose/end up with the treatment route. Evolution is great at dealing with changing environments, I’m not convinced human ‘intervention’ is better, and can see 100 ways it could backfire.
I’m all for reducing suffering, but I am concerned we’re too short-sited and/or arrogant to really do the right thing.
I definitely need to learn more about the malaria situation though.