• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    23 days ago

    Is there any evidence it’s bad though? There’s so much incredible modern medicine that has absolutely no downsides or side effects for 99.99% of the population, like vaccines

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      23 days ago

      There’s so much incredible modern medicine that has absolutely no downsides or side effects for 99.99% of the population

      This is just wrong to the point of being harmful misinformation.

      Vaccines are probably the most amazing medicine, but they have (usually minor) side effects for basically everyone. I’m not aware of any medicine that doesn’t.

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        23 days ago

        but they have (usually minor) side effects for basically everyone

        I meant side effects near the magnitude of “type 4 diabetes” haha

    • There’s so much incredible modern medicine that has absolutely no downsides or side effects for 99.99% of the population, like vaccines

      There’s also the precautionary principle, which I think is the best way to approach food and drug safety: the thing in question has to be proven to be safe and contingencies have to be in place in case of harm before being released. This is opposed to the more US approach to food and drug safety, which requires proof that the thing is unsafe to proceed with regulation.