Human experimentation is the cutting edge of human sacrifice, and the propitiated deity is not always Science. There is a chimerical trail of gore that leads from the sacrificial altar to the alchemist, to the laboratory. Throughout history, whether it was the dignity of the dead, orphan children, the mentally ill, or unaccompanied women, the skinsuited thing we call ‘doctor’ has always been ready to sacrifice the vulnerable. In 2020, when it became feasible to experiment on the global middle class, a white-cloaked leech brood was suddenly assembled, producing unproven elixirs from thin air.
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