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by lpah4all 2259 days ago
The problem is that the only organizations wealthy enough to do the necessary tests to provide "proof" have ZERO motivation to do anything that could jeopardize their already flowing coffers.

I mean, the govt could do it, if they weren't in the pockets of the corps.

What I'm saying is that if you're waiting for the pharma corps to provide the necessary studies to show their products ineffective or even dangerous, I'd call you a fool. Or do you have a few billion dollars lying around to fund such studies?

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The problem with your argument is that it's simply unfalsifiable. It could serve to justify any kind of opinion. How do we know the earth is not really flat?

Of course, you also choose to ignore how many people don't die anymore from totally curable diseases that were a certain death sentence even just decades ago (e.g. take AIDS).

If I need to explain to you how we know that the Earth is not flat, then I should just end this conver