“ We have unusually strong marketing connections; Vitalik approves of us; Aella is a marketing advisor on this project; SlateStarCodex is well aware of us. We are quite networked in the Effective Altruism space. We could plausibly get an Elon tweet. ”

From the short investor spiel document. Also they want to just bypass the FDA?

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    the person behind it appears to be a “Jeffrey D Hillman”, and this appears to be the first round: https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-DE004529-10

    probably worth someone digging into that to see what else may surround the person

    from the “Safety Review and FAQ” document:

    Will this spread to everyone I kiss? It’s very unlikely in non-immunocompromised adults. However, if you’re concerned, you should avoid kissing anyone taking oral antibiotics, or children.

    “sure let’s just casually become a walking science experiment and then thinking to first ask whether the other person is taking oral antibiotics. oh and children, because mouth-kissing children is perfectly normal to me, the author of this document”

    this was from just like 2min of glancing at this mess so far and fucking what