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by dhanvanthri 1764 days ago
Parachutes have not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomized controlled trials.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/

:D

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Had to up-vote because this is hilarious, thanks for sharing. As a critique of evidence based medicine they've clearly demonstrated their point, but it's obviously philosophical and the tradeoffs of practical medical interventions are no where near as clear cut as the case of falling from the sky without a parachute.
We have a known-safe vaccine that has been tested on millions of people. We have a known-deadly pandemic that has killed almost 4.5 million people.

While we are not QUITE as clearcut as parachutes, this is still an area where we can reasonably conclude that the vaccine is vastly safer than being unvaccinated.