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Millions of people use aspirin everyday to relieve aches and pains. 43 deaths is nothing compared to the benefits, especially since those people are intentional
by dyauspitr 2y ago
Millions of people use aspirin everyday to relieve aches and pains. 43 deaths is nothing compared to the benefits, especially since those people are intentionally overdosing with the intention of killing themselves.
- thinkfaster 2y agoSome of us are explicitly forbidden to take aspirin by their Dr. so the population of asprin takers is biased towards a cohort for whom asprin is safe.
- vaylian 2y agoI don't think that this is GP's point. The point is rather that biology is complex and solutions to biological problems are always complex even if they are accompanied by a simple narrative.
- FeepingCreature 2y agoSimple solutions can still have complex effects. There's no contradiction here.