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>Thalidomide does not cause second-generation birth defects. That's exactly what the parent commenter said. Your children are affected, but your first grandchi
by NullPrefix 4y ago
>Thalidomide does not cause second-generation birth defects.
That's exactly what the parent commenter said. Your children are affected, but your first grandchildren should be safe.
- Zigurd 4y agoThe poster I responded to wrote: "Thalidomide is out of your system by your first grandchild." Actually, Thalidomide is out of your system within days. Quite a bit less time than it takes to have a grandchild. The poster implies that there could be unknown long term effects of a vaccine, and conflates long term effects with birth defects, which, of course, appear only after a fetus has developed enough to spot defects in a sonogram or other imaging. It's a scare tactic.
- iratewizard 4y agoYou call it a scare tactic because you believe in medical interventionism. I respectfully point out one of the massive numbers of unexpected side effects of medical interventions.
- Zigurd 4y agoBelieve what you like. A thoughtfully considered medical intervention rescued my health. While patients need to be vigilant for errors and the best treatment is sometimes a matter of good fortune. there is no such things as "belief" in "medical interventionism." It makes as much sense as "weather forecastism" or "speed limitism."
- iratewizard 4y agoMaybe you should understand what medical interventionism means, before typing out a meaningless and unrelated argument.
- dktokyo 4y agoSo if you break your arm…
- iratewizard 4y ago... you go to a doctor to have it set and casted. Unless the break is so minor that you can self-treat with RICE. You don't have to be a passive recipient of a medical treatment flowchart.