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What we don't know is so far greater than what we do know it's almost unimaginable. The truth is, many of us cannot imagine that. And it's hard to find a more glaring example than heath care when it comes to proving it.

You worked in a field that hit you over the head with that truth everyday. People that work in health care do too. For sure those this article follows are right now.

Many people never experience that. They avoid it. They like things black and white and do not like any gray area at all. The "vaxxer vs antivaxxer" argument is an example of where some people aggressively take a side without considering how much we really do not know when it comes to how the human organism works. In the grand scheme of things we don't know squat about it.

To be fair, the advertisements for prescription drugs do rattle off a shit ton of potential consequences and disclaimers, so right there is another absolute proof of the flimsy state of the art, but they get ignored.

It's not that I'm skeptical. I don't think you are either. It's just understanding how little we really know about this kind of thing.

All that said, with the current effort being applied I think we have a good shot at beating it. We're at least better positioned now than we've ever been, which is not close to saying we're where we could or should be. But hopefully this will nudge us that direction.