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by olliej 2940 days ago
The evil "bureaucrats and scientists" are there to force the vulnerable people to not use wholesome providers of supplements that will fix their body's Ph so that it can get more alkaline.

These evil practices all work to stop people having access to things as basic as Elixir sulfanilamide[1], Thalidomide[2].

If only there were already some example of the FDA allowing victims of terminal diseases to have access to drugs that might save their lives if there was overwhelming evidence that they would at the very least work? Like imagine if a drug demonstrated an immediate overwhelming success in treatment but had not yet had sufficient trials to determine side effects and safety? HIV victims could certainly have benefited from AZT before the full side effect profiles were known. It's so sad that they didn't get access to it. Oh wait, they did [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_sulfanilamide - "We have been supplying a legitimate professional demand and not once could have foreseen the unlooked-for results. I do not feel that there was any responsibility on our part."

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide#Adverse_effects - It did work for morning sickness, but an evil scientist at the FDA had stopped it from being sold in the US, depriving expectant mothers of helpful relief

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine - HIV and AZT actually did result in the laws allowing exemptions for terminal cases. The difference between those, and "right to try" nonsense is that the terminal disease exemptions still require a degree of solid evidence of function, and a demonstration of safety vs alternatives.