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So this isn’t a helpful tone. You are politicizing this, the FDA doesn’t just trust poorly done studies and common sense, this is why we didn’t approve Thalidom
by rblatz 7y ago
So this isn’t a helpful tone. You are politicizing this, the FDA doesn’t just trust poorly done studies and common sense, this is why we didn’t approve Thalidomide when it was widely considered safe.
Additionally you are responding to an article about people who took the drug to treat Covid-19. Peoples lives are at stake on both sides, a politician with no medical training should know better than to run his mouth about something he knows nothing about.
- jdminhbg 7y ago> Additionally you are responding to an article about people who took the drug to treat Covid-19. No, they did not. They took an aquarium cleaning chemical with a similar name.
- anigbrowl 7y agoLooks like they weren't alone: https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/sales-of-fish-tank-additive-skyrocket-after-studies-say-it-could-treat-coronavirus/ https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/sales-of-fish-tank-additive-sk...
- jussij 7y agoThe FDA also makes mistakes. For example they total stuffed it up with their handling of Oxycontin: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/13/purdue-justifies-pushing-oxycontin-citing-fda-rules-helped-write/777802002/ https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/13/purdue-...