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The business of the state is to prevent false advertising, because it deprives the citizens of making informed decisions, and because it awards financial resour
by DenisM 11y ago
The business of the state is to prevent false advertising, because it deprives the citizens of making informed decisions, and because it awards financial resources to those who are willing to profit by harming others.
It happens so that for health-related issues the bar for false advertising is higher than the for other products. I think it's for a good reason. The authority to set the bar was given to the FDA by the people's elected representatives.
- Evenjos 11y agoThe FDA started out with the best of intentions--to stop snake oil peddlers or food vendors who sold fatal concoctions as "delicious" or "miracle cures." 23andMe is not selling any drug. The FDA is now in the business of regulating information that goes to the consumer. And the FDA has increasing power with no oversight. Potentially life-saving medicines have to jump through decades of clinical trials before they can be used to save lives.