Agreed, of course. The difficulty is when one side of the argument is saying "take this medicine, it will help you," and the other side is saying "no, we don't

Agreed, of course. The difficulty is when one side of the argument is saying "take this medicine, it will help you," and the other side is saying "no, we don't know that yet." So, effectively, one side of the argument is arguing not to politicize the issue, the other side is doubling down on focusing on anecdotal data.