Its also a system that sometimes takes forever to change even when there is evidence. I read recently that it took 25 years to stop x-raying pregnant women aft

Its also a system that sometimes takes forever to change even when there is evidence. I read recently that it took 25 years to stop x-raying pregnant women after a British doctor found that it lead to birth defects. And the unnecessary surgeries and medication and scans. I really find it hard to think of this as a conservative industry governed by "first, do no harm". These are all well-tested, according the establishment. Fecal bacteria may not be well tested by the establishment, but its something we have been living with for millions of years. Many animals are constantly exposed to fecal matter. And so are you if you ride public transportation. Maybe what this approach needs is someone like Craig Venter to sequence all the bacteria found in generally healthy people and people with specific problems. He did this in the oceans and found all this previously undiscovered genomes. That same tech could probably determine what strains of bacteria to start testing just from their absence in the unhealthy. At the same time, their presence in the perfectly healthy indicates that the bacteria in question probably isn't dangerous. Of course, how specific individuals will react is always an unknown. But that remains an unknown even after something is well tested. When I hear all the possible side effects of accepted drugs, which often include death, I have to wonder if there isn't some bias in favor of things created in a lab and where someone stands to make large profits. These drugs are recalled all the time and class action suits are common. None of this inspires much confidence in how treatments are evaluated.