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Not to mention Frances Oldham Kelsey and thalidomide. She'd be slated as anti-science on CNN etc today for sure.
by gadders 5y ago
Not to mention Frances Oldham Kelsey and thalidomide. She'd be slated as anti-science on CNN etc today for sure.
- headsoup 5y agoAnd more-so, have any of the scientists and politicians that supported and promoted thalidomide early on been pilloried since? Are they now whackos supporting pseudo/incorrect science?
- dekhn 5y agoThalidomide is still used as a drug, it's very successful. Parts of the narrative around the FDA and Kelsey make it sound more heroic than it really was.