Hannah Rosen

There have been periods where it was natural to see bacterial infections completely take over a person's body and kill them, and that was just the expected outcome because we weren't using antibiotics. Or, you know, it was natural to expect bloodletting to be a sufficient medical intervention.

There have been periods where it was natural to see bacterial infections completely take over a person's body and kill them, and that was just the expected outcome because we weren't using antibiotics. Or, you know, it was natural to expect bloodletting to be a sufficient medical intervention.

There are things that have been natural over the course of history that aren't necessarily what has served us best as a species. You know, medical interventions are arguably not the most natural thing in the world just because we have invented them and not simply allowed them to manifest themselves into existence. But I mean, is naturalness necessarily optimized? I certainly don't think so.

There are things that have been natural over the course of history that aren't necessarily what has served us best as a species. You know, medical interventions are arguably not the most natural thing in the world just because we have invented them and not simply allowed them to manifest themselves into existence. But I mean, is naturalness necessarily optimized? I certainly don't think so.

There are things that have been natural over the course of history that aren't necessarily what has served us best as a species. You know, medical interventions are arguably not the most natural thing in the world just because we have invented them and not simply allowed them to manifest themselves into existence. But I mean, is naturalness necessarily optimized? I certainly don't think so.

You know, that is part of the reason that innovation is so important. We are racing ahead of biology to make sure that we are keeping as many people healthy as possible. That's the whole point here.

You know, that is part of the reason that innovation is so important. We are racing ahead of biology to make sure that we are keeping as many people healthy as possible. That's the whole point here.

You know, that is part of the reason that innovation is so important. We are racing ahead of biology to make sure that we are keeping as many people healthy as possible. That's the whole point here.

Right. And I think it is also important to say that I feel like people end up homing in on a really strict definitions of natural that I feel like draw these really false boundaries on what can be allowed.

Right. And I think it is also important to say that I feel like people end up homing in on a really strict definitions of natural that I feel like draw these really false boundaries on what can be allowed.

Right. And I think it is also important to say that I feel like people end up homing in on a really strict definitions of natural that I feel like draw these really false boundaries on what can be allowed.

I actually find vaccines to be incredibly in tune with what the human body, you know, quote unquote, naturally does, because the whole point of a vaccine is to basically nudge the immune system into mounting a protective response to that it would otherwise mount if it encountered that disease, the pathogen causing that disease.

I actually find vaccines to be incredibly in tune with what the human body, you know, quote unquote, naturally does, because the whole point of a vaccine is to basically nudge the immune system into mounting a protective response to that it would otherwise mount if it encountered that disease, the pathogen causing that disease.

I actually find vaccines to be incredibly in tune with what the human body, you know, quote unquote, naturally does, because the whole point of a vaccine is to basically nudge the immune system into mounting a protective response to that it would otherwise mount if it encountered that disease, the pathogen causing that disease.

It's not like we're putting an artificial device in someone's body and leaving it there, also important for other medical interventions. But I guess what I'm saying is it's not the most unnatural intervention out there. That's the beauty of it. Vaccines are very much an intervention that is about teaching a person to fish instead of just handing them a fish for the day.

It's not like we're putting an artificial device in someone's body and leaving it there, also important for other medical interventions. But I guess what I'm saying is it's not the most unnatural intervention out there. That's the beauty of it. Vaccines are very much an intervention that is about teaching a person to fish instead of just handing them a fish for the day.

It's not like we're putting an artificial device in someone's body and leaving it there, also important for other medical interventions. But I guess what I'm saying is it's not the most unnatural intervention out there. That's the beauty of it. Vaccines are very much an intervention that is about teaching a person to fish instead of just handing them a fish for the day.

It's teaching the body to mount a sustained defense that it can use again in the future. It's a nudge. It's not a forced coup of someone's body.

It's teaching the body to mount a sustained defense that it can use again in the future. It's a nudge. It's not a forced coup of someone's body.

It's teaching the body to mount a sustained defense that it can use again in the future. It's a nudge. It's not a forced coup of someone's body.