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I don't think plagued has ever meant X%. You can be the sole person in the world with the Bubonic Plague and you'll still be plagued by it. Whether or not untr
by lesuorac 3y ago
I don't think plagued has ever meant X%.
You can be the sole person in the world with the Bubonic Plague and you'll still be plagued by it. Whether or not untrustworthful clinical trials "cause distress to" [1] Medicine I don't think is debatable; medicine should be based on treatments that have reproducible effects or else people don't get better.
[1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+plagued https://www.google.com/search?q=define+plagued
- taeric 3y agoAt an individual level, absolutely. In group dynamics, though, you avoid things that have the plague. Same as you avoid things that have rabies. Which is part of my point. If you say that "medicine is plagued" than a natural response is "avoid medicine." But, that is clearly a nonsensical outcome, all told.