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posted by chromas on Thursday May 03 2018, @03:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the biohacked dept.

Aaron Traywick, a biohacker who once injected himself with an untested herpes therapy on a crusade to expand access to medications, was found dead on Sunday morning in Washington, DC, police confirmed to BuzzFeed News.

Traywick, 28, was found in a spa in Northwest DC, according to police. Staff discovered him in a sensory deprivation flotation tank, according to his colleague Tristan Roberts.

His body was taken for an autopsy, and his cause of death was not immediately known. Their investigation is still ongoing, but the police say they don't suspect foul play.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/aaron-traywick-biohacker-died

Also at Newsweek and the BBC.

Previously: "Biohacker" Injects DIY Herpes Vaccine in Front of Audience and Facebook Live (Aaron Traywick)
Biohacker Regrets Injecting Himself With Gene Therapy in Front of a Live Audience (Josiah Zayner reacting to Aaron Traywick)


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  • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:52AM (2 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:52AM (#674953)

    you're absolutely right. did you know you can use that smart logic of yours with the cops when you crash into a pole on an empty road and they give you a breathalyzer? really fight for it too when they ignore your superior logic.

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:05AM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:05AM (#674961) Journal

    Completely different situation. The cops are not claiming drunkenness, they are testing for drunkenness (that's what the breathalyzer is for). The analogy to the situation you describe in this case is those doing the autopsy looking for drugs. Which they will certainly do; it would be a failure for them not to.

    If after an accident like the one you described, someone would claim publicly the driver was clearly drunken, without sufficient evidence, I'd also object to that. Because, you know, there are many reasons a car can end up crashing into a pole on an empty road that are not at all related to alcohol.

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
    • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Saturday May 05 2018, @11:42AM

      by fakefuck39 (6620) on Saturday May 05 2018, @11:42AM (#676036)

      OP: "maybe he was on some drugs"
          -now lets change one word-
      Me: "maybe he had some alcohol"
      You: nuh-huh, the cops making you take a breathalyzer aren't saying "maybe he had some alcohol"

      What are you a fucking retard or something? Nah, I got it. Autism, complete loser, likes to be technically correct, ugly as fuck - socially inept at basic normal understanding. why don't you write me some code to recursively prove you're right.