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by dolni 1766 days ago
> There are well over 100MM shots administered since April and the worst side effect as been a dozen blood clots in women who had a pre-existing condition that caused them.

Thalidomide was perfectly safe, too, until kids started being born without arms and legs. Oops.
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nemothekid 1766 days ago
Thalidomide never got fda approval. What are you talking about? Why bring it up?
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dolni 1766 days ago
Neither did any of the vaccines before people started getting them.

What are _you_ talking about?

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nemothekid 1765 days ago
1. Thalomide, according to Wikipedia, had fewer doses administrated than 100m

2. No regulatory body in America ever claimed it was safe to use before the side effects were discovered.

I don’t see how the comparison is apt. The FDA doesn’t have a track record being too cavalier when it comes to public health so I don’t understand why you would bring up an example of the FDA doing their job to imply they aren’t doing their job

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dolni 1765 days ago
> No regulatory body in America ever claimed it was safe to use before the side effects were discovered.

US regulatory bodies said that the COVID vaccines were safe before blood clotting and myocarditis were discovered.

> The FDA doesn’t have a track record being too cavalier when it comes to public health so I don’t understand why you would bring up an example of the FDA doing their job to imply they aren’t doing their job

You're a little too hung up on "The FDA". "The FDA" isn't a person. "The FDA" of 50 years ago isn't "The FDA" of today.

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nemothekid 1765 days ago
> US regulatory bodies said that the COVID vaccines were safe before blood clotting and myocarditis were discovered

The CDC paused the rollout of J&J after fewer than 50 cases to do further research and understand what factors cause blood clots. Once understood they resumed the vaccine rollout.

By that same logic - Tylenol/acetaminophen is also known to cause liver problems in a small number of otherwise healthy individuals. Is your logic here that Tylenol should also be declared unsafe?

> "The FDA" of 50 years ago isn't "The FDA" of today.

By that very same logic then what does the distribution of Thalomide 50 years ago have to do with the FDA of today then?

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