saRNA are a new invention which attaches a self amplification protein to the mRNA payload. The result is essentially a manmade virus; the payload continues to be manufactured indefinitely. Once begun, no therapies exist to stop it. The necessary dose or exposure is thus tiny, but the amount of payload produced is prodigious. I say exposure, as it is very possible that this would result in a “transmissible vaccine”. Or truly terrible bioweapons. Any of this material, produced in continuous excessive quantities by those exposed, could in theory trigger the cascade in another innocent person.
These so-called therapies thus inherently violate the essential ethical concepts of informed consent and assent; they should be classified as bioweapons.
This technology is now approved preliminarily in Japan and India, despite wholly inadequate safety studies, and is being actively studied in Wuhan (yes, Wuhan - see refs) as well as the USA. We must get ahead of this and produce immense pressure on these nations not to roll out any saRNA products or conduct human tests. If they do, we must quarantine all travel and aggressively test all people entering the US to ensure no exposure to the product or shedding.
Banning in the USA is insufficient. We must ensure this genie does not leave the bottle.
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