Ohio State University professor Michael Podell received a $355,000 grant for the first year of a study understanding HIV and drug use by testing on cats.
They plan on injecting cats with the feline immodeficiency virus and also methamphetamine.
Peter Wood, a spokeperson for Peta, attacked the study as cruel and bizaare. He argued that HIV and FIV weren’t similar enough fornthe research to transfer to humans.
Agree? Not agree?
If someone from PETA told me the sky was blue I’d go out and check. I don’t exactly trust them to give me the straight dope on anything animal related.
Marc
Maybe it’s a little starry-eyed of me, but I don’t think someone is gonna pony up $355K on an idea that has no merit. They may not find the answers they are looking for, but they still have to look. But I have not heard anything about the study, or about Michael Podell.
As for Peter Wood, well, I agree with MGibson.
Vanilla said:
I have no idea. I don’t think it’s an “agree/not agree” issue, but a scientific one. What information did this guy use to back up his claim that they aren’t similar enough? What information did the scientist use to say they are?
Shame on you, David B, for asking for evidence. Don’t you know that it’s everyone’s patriotic duty to leap to an unjustified conclusion whenever they hear or read a controversial soundbite?
I’m sorry! Please, please, please forgive me! I’ll try to clear my head of any thoughts from now on and just believe whatever I am told!
And I suppose PETA just wants us to turn all these Hiv positive, Crank addict Pussies loose to roam the streets?
When I was a kid, being a cat MEANT something. Cats had morals. These days all these pussies can think about is their next fix. Sheesh.
That’s 'cause your generation of cats sold out to the man, Scylla! You never got to appreciate all the wonderful states of feline consciousness there are. You old foagie cats just locked your yearnings up inside a white picket fence and sat around meowing about how “morally superior” you were when compared with your catnip-swilling neighbors, while secretly desiring the very freedom you detested!
The only reason these pussies worry so damn much about their next fix is because cats like you keep the price of catnip artificially high by making it illegal!
you guys are funny!
scuse me while i go check the cat house…