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Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought (www.freethink.com)

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What happened at Chernobyl was the politicians refusing to listen to the scientists. They were performing an experiment that the designers of the plant told them was exceedingly dangerous, and blew up their reactor. At least they did it unintentionally, unlike the Army Corps of Engineers.

[–] BlueBockser@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

And why did "the politicians" refuse not to listen to "the scientists"? Part of the answer is definitely due to unrealistic n-year plans.

Also, there were other factors at play such as secrecy around the danger of graphite-tipped control rods. The Soviets had discovered this danger already, but had kept it secret even from their nuclear engineers.