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by jamesgeck0 3006 days ago
Why is the FDA so strict about human trials? We could save net lives if we just did drug tests faster to figure out what works. /s
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You jest, but the comparison is that we do drug tests at all, which we of course do. It's the same calculus. The math works out more in favor of being more aggressive in our pursuit of driverless vehicles as they kill more prime-age, otherwise healthy people.
It's slightly different though. Even if FDA was lax, the participants would be volunteers. This victim though didn't have any say in joining Uber's trial.