> Had someone taken it seriously thirty years ago it's quite possible that the net amount of suffering that millions of patients have endured since then could h

> Had someone taken it seriously thirty years ago it's quite possible that the net amount of suffering that millions of patients have endured since then could have been reduced. You can only say that with hindsight because of the data over the past 30 years. What if the data showed the opposite? Then the doctor would have given his patients a worse outcome all on a "hunch".