Thu Nov 3 04:14:15 2022
(*6952cd93*):: arstechnica comments section is so insane lol the zealotry against people that don’t take this poison is really something to behold https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/why-pfizers-rsv-vaccine-success-is-a-big-deal-decades-in-the-making/?comments=1
*** Why Pfizer’s RSV vaccine success is a big deal, decades in the making
*** Research on RSV vaccines dragged after a trial in the ’60s went tragically wrong.
*** Ars Technica
(*6952cd93*):: bunch of arsholes +public!
(*6952cd93*)::
I know you know this, but in truth not all people who are pregnant, or who can become pregnant, are women. Of course one thought is people who are nonbinary or trans, but please don’t also forget that little girls can become pregnant.
The archetype we have in our head unconsciously drives our policy and understanding around issues. Just as one – if you’re someone who thinks it’s okay and right for a 10 year old to be and stay pregnant, note that the safety of this vaccine will probably not be tested on a cohort sample relevant to her situation. This is just one of the many reasons why it is so much more dangerous for very young people to be pregnant.
Once I had occasion to chat about pregnancy with a trans person who was pregnant while presenting male, complete with beard. The stories of all the ridiculous unnecessary friction they experienced – like that their provider had to keep swapping gender on the medical records for any of the software to work – which then broke other things, like being checked in for appointments – is just above and beyond stupid.
It may also help you to be reminded that gender is not a binary state – multiple genes are implicated in both phenotype and reproductive capacity and they aren’t necessarily all aligned the same way. People who are XY have given birth with no one aware of any special circumstance. It’s possible for an individual to have both a uterus and testes. Men can get endometriosis and breast cancer.
The use of “pregnant people” as the standard is now common in a wide variety of contexts. You’ll find it, for example, on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as their standard when describing medical recommendations.
LOOOOOL teh science bro!!!