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In general when medical processes are flawed, the extreme <0.1% cases get the spotlight and instead of being used to advocate for process improvements, they're
by kevingadd 4y ago
In general when medical processes are flawed, the extreme <0.1% cases get the spotlight and instead of being used to advocate for process improvements, they're generalized by people with an agenda to claim that an <0.1% case is a 1% or 10% case. It does a disservice to the outliers who suffered and the sensationalized story is (rightly) ignored by people who might otherwise benefit from the cautionary tale.
- 2devnull 4y agoExcellent point. My sense is that this issue, similar to many Covid related issues, has gotten so political that the ordinary scientific processes and discussions have ceased operating as they should. I tend to therefore think greater caution and deference to past practice, and therefore more conservative practices are prudent. That seems to be the currently unpopular view unfortunately. I am very wary of trendy medicine and medical hubris generally. Too many historical examples of trailblazing medicine getting things, often horrifically, wrong.