Since the attention span of most immediate-gratification-sheep has been so successfully shortened - they just have to make sure they don’t die within 5 minutes of the elixir - that way nobody asks any questions.
A love one takes the prick and dies a day later and the average dummy can’t tie it together.
There is a lot more to this genetic experiment than plain old genocide- transhumanism, so, of course, they'd want to get the youngest ones they can get.
The bigger question is what they are testing for?
Since the attention span of most immediate-gratification-sheep has been so successfully shortened - they just have to make sure they don’t die within 5 minutes of the elixir - that way nobody asks any questions.
A love one takes the prick and dies a day later and the average dummy can’t tie it together.
There is a lot more to this genetic experiment than plain old genocide- transhumanism, so, of course, they'd want to get the youngest ones they can get.