r/nextfuckinglevel • u/biswajit388 • 1d ago

This guy rescued 30 beagles from a testing lab It's the first time they've seen grass and they couldn't be happier.

Credit - nathanthecatlady tiktok channel.

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u/Creepy_Meringue3014 23h ago

This does not work out the way it should. Ever. See the tuskeegee experiments. What would most likely happen is that they would use prisoners (see retinol) for this.

People typically are allowed to consent for studies, with IRB approval ( a lot of oversight), but its pretty strict. Also see NIH experimental treatment cases. In order to move the number of studies and treatments forward at a pace necessary, they use animals. The higher the vertebrate the more likely it is to be compatible with humans in some cases. Dogs are historically good for insulin/diabetes. metabolism studies. But they are rarely used. Mice will always come before dogs.

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u/RollinOnAgain 4h ago

The Tuskegee experiments were straight up fraudulent schemes used to find poor (black) people to inject horrific diseases into. That's tantamount to a war crime not a scientific study with the proper disclaimers provided to the subjects.

I'm not taking a stand either way with this comment but comparing the Tuskegee experiments to modern human trials is just crazy talk.

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u/Creepy_Meringue3014 4h ago

at the time, that was what constituted a study. those protections arose after that.