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f6vtoday at 10:00 AM1 replyview on HN

> If it was possible to fully trust that a hypothetical "cure" would only be used in these severe cases

Isn’t it like the Ozempic? Some take it, some don’t.


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applfanboysbgontoday at 10:08 AM

They have a valid concern. Unlike obesity, people with anything regarded as an intellectual disability are liable to have other people attempting to make decisions on their behalf, denying them agency over their own treatment, and legal systems will often enforce this denial of agency.