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The fact that the regulatory agencies in different countries consistently come to different decisions is a good indicator that their decisions are not science b
by BurningFrog 4y ago
The fact that the regulatory agencies in different countries consistently come to different decisions is a good indicator that their decisions are not science based.
Because science is the same in different jurisdictions.
The common explanation is the great asymmetry in bad press if an agency kills 1000 people by approving something dangerous vs if it kills 1000 people by not approving something beneficial.
- skybrian 4y agoYou're making a universalist assumption (all people are the same). But people are different in different countries, both genetically and culturally. They have different activities, diets, sun exposure, diseases, and so on, on average. And all drugs have benefits and side effects. So it's not out of the question that some drugs are more worthwhile for some populations than others, and regulators made different decisions for good reasons. It's going to depend on the specifics. So you can't make a generic argument as a shortcut to show that something must be wrong. That said, there's more life than averages. I think it would be great to allow people to buy drugs that were approved in a different country.
- berkut 4y agoWhile that's true in general, there are different ethnic groups in different countries, and it might be possible this may have some differences in some cases. Even with things like Covid, different ethnic groups (i.e. Pasifika / Māori in NZ compared to European ethnic groups) were more susceptable to issues, due to a variety of reasons.
- MattGaiser 4y agoScience only provides information. It doesn’t tell you how to use it. Say a product kills 1 in 100,000. Different cultures will assess the risk very differently, especially depending on circumstances.