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Do you have reason to believe that it can affect gametes? In other words, do you know of any hypothesized mechanism by which this could happen?
by mahogany 6y ago
Do you have reason to believe that it can affect gametes? In other words, do you know of any hypothesized mechanism by which this could happen?
- throwaway8581 6y agoNo, and no one had any reason to think that thalidomide would cause mass birth defects. This is why we have such long testing periods for vaccines and drugs in general. We also go through extra testing before approving things for pregnant women. We don't know what we don't know. Modern medicine is impressive, but we must maintain epistemic humility.