Forum Archive Index - September 2000

["Derek Watt" <watt250@hotmail.com>]

You can confirm for yourself that Genesis use monkeys in their experiments. 
See the patent at:

http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US06001361__&s_all=1

The experiment mentioned is quite benign and all that is involved
is a few vaccinations followed by collecting some blood. The worst part for 
the monkey IMHO would be being caged up, so a great deal depends on the type 
of cages used etc.

It can be expected however that further down the track from the patent 
mentioned, any vaccine produced will be tested on non-human animals to show 
safety and efficacy before trials with humans.
This will mean using animals with and without the vaccine and subjecting 
them to the infectious agent. I'm not sure which animals would be used, but 
monkeys are the best model due to their similarity to humans.

While not wanting to get into a debate, if one wanted to be
consistent about ethics and chose to avoid buying shares in certain 
companies, one would have to avoid going to the hospital, since most if not 
all of the drugs in use would have been tested on animals at some point.

Sad but true, but also unavoidable unless there are any volunteers out 
there?

(Cosmetics & Shampoo etc on the other hand are a different story, IMO)

Derek













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