The use of RNAi on IAPV is essentially a proof of concept. If RNAi can be used to knock down a virus, even if only in plants and invertebrates, this is an important breakthrough. Much of the opposition to RNAi reminds me of anti-vaccine organizations. I submit these groups are on the wrong side of important health issues.

> Opposition to vaccination has existed as long as vaccination itself. Critics of vaccination have taken a variety of positions, including opposition to the smallpox vaccine in England and the United States in the mid to late 1800s, and the resulting anti-vaccination leagues.

> Although the time periods have changed, the emotions and deep-rooted beliefs—whether philosophical, political, or spiritual—that underlie vaccine opposition have remained relatively consistent since Edward Jenner introduced vaccination.

http://www.historyofvaccines.org

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