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by CodeWriter23 875 days ago
> in the US. We have, "prove it's harmful." They have "prove it's safe

Until you get into pharmaceuticals, then the world standard is a step beyond "prove it's harmful" to "no evidence of harm is proof that it is safe".

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You have to prove that the benefits is worth the potential harm. Vaccines are known to be harmful to very few persons, yet we vaccine because the benefits outweigh the very small potential of harm.
No, especially with vaccines in the US (and some other places) science doesn’t have to meet that burden because they are indemnified for product liability by the government by law.
Good thing I'm not in the US then.
Chances are then you live in a country that says “the FDA is good enough for us”. India not being one such country.