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> It is that it is an unknown side effect that did not come up in the original studies. Well, obviously it didn't. Exactly because it is so rare A clinical st
by raverbashing 6y ago
> It is that it is an unknown side effect that did not come up in the original studies.
Well, obviously it didn't. Exactly because it is so rare
A clinical study with (I think) 30k people can't detect something that's 1 in a million case
- doikor 6y agoYes. And that is why when something like this pops up we stop giving out the treatment while we look at the new data and make the decision.
- njarboe 6y agoSo we stop giving out treatment and an extra 1000-10000(?) people die and we delay the economy getting back on track for a week or two with the delay. No skin off the FDA bureaucrats teeth, but they are hurting a lot of people with this decision.
- doikor 6y agoWe don't know any of that. What if it ends up killing more than that? > FDA bureaucrats You mean doctors. These decisions are done by doctors as they should be. The current (acting) head of FDA is a physician too.