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Who is this person/organisation that made every authority agree with each other for the first time in history?
by fer 5y ago
Who is this person/organisation that made every authority agree with each other for the first time in history?
- macilacilove 5y agoPeople spontaneously cooperate all the time based on their selfinterests. I don't intend to argue for the commenters position, but this blanket argument against everything that even remotely resembles a 'conspiracy' is not correct.
- fer 5y agoMy point is, if every (or almost every) actor does the same thing, and someone argues that's bad/damaging/not the best course of action, the only explanations are either: * All actors are anti-rational (not just irrational, which leads sometimes to seemingly rational actions). * There's something else pressuring them into taking an anti-rational decision. I'd be surprised if it's the first, so I ask about the second. Unless the commenter means that killing your own citizens is in self-interest of the state, then leaving COVID run rampant would have been better option anyway.
- jessaustin 5y agoThere is a principal-agent conflict. The payoff matrix for the general public is not the same as that for health authorities. In addition, since we have eschewed some of the longer-term testing that is possible for new medicines, much of the payoff matrix for the general public is currently unknown.
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- ekianjo 5y agoWhen the FDA does something it influences regulatory bodies around the world, in case you have not heard.
- fer 5y agoI think you overestimate the influence of the FDA around the world. To point an example, the FDA approved oxycodone for oral administration (and trusted patients with the dosage of a strong opioid). Meanwhile in most European countries it's rarely prescribed, and often only given IV/IM form (i.e. in the hospital). Anecdotally, a typical post in "Expat in XXX" groups on FB involves Americans shocked that their medicine isn't approved abroad, and looking for alternatives.
- ekianjo 5y ago> To point an example, the FDA approved oxycodone for oral administration (and trusted patients with the dosage of a strong opioid). Meanwhile in most European countries it's rarely prescribed, and often only given IV/IM form (i.e. in the hospital). So you take the exception to make a case? Around the world most regulatory bodies look at what the FDA has approved and take it from there to elaborate their own opinions. Oxycodone was an exception because it's an opoid and most countries knew better than to accept such classes of drugs because of well known experiences with such drugs in the past.
- bigodbiel 5y agoWhy first time in history? Iraqi WMD? From Fox to NYT, all supported the invasion. Steele Dossier? All major media outlets (except Fox and OANN) supported its claims and took Russiagate as fact.
- fer 5y ago> Iraqi WMD The literal Secretary-General of the UN said it was illegal[0], along with dozens of countries. You can't get more high profile disagreement than that, especially considering the rationale of the US was to enforce UN SCR 1441. > Steele Dossier? Sorry, not familiar with US politics. [0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm