The clot shots cemented the idea that a lot of doctors are willing to completely ignore the Hippocratic Oath. Ignoring everything we learned about the shots, they encouraged the shots to pregnant women on day one! They knew these shots could kill the baby day 1 as they were upfront that their side effect was a fever!
To the point of the post, it's because of the huge academic/medical establishment where we allow blame to be collectivized (only looking at the systemic flaws) and we don't hold individuals personally responsible for their professional actions. It's nice that doctors are being sued here but even if the women succeed, I doubt we'll see anything remotely the same for COVID. The pharmacist at Walgreens was just doing their job. Your family doctor was just "following the science".
It wasn't even the first example I used, albeit very likely to be far more known about, that went to Theralizumab which has catastrophic trials that stopped immediately because it was going to kill people within the first hour of the trial!
What's funny is there's evidence that thalidomide can be used for certain kinds of cancers. Of course, those prescribed it are rigorously screened, informed of the side effects, and women are required to be on multiple birth control methods.
blame laundering is a hell of a drug. When your job is to do what's right for your patient, but "what's right" is determined be a superior organization beyond question, doing exactly what they say becomes the moral thing to do in your mind.
Couple that with the fact that deviating from the superior organization almost guarantees an expensive and crippling lawsuit, and you have a complete lack of actual medical practice.
The clot shots cemented the idea that a lot of doctors are willing to completely ignore the Hippocratic Oath. Ignoring everything we learned about the shots, they encouraged the shots to pregnant women on day one! They knew these shots could kill the baby day 1 as they were upfront that their side effect was a fever!
I mean, Thalidomide pre-empted the jabs by thirty years...
People have short memories.
That's the one I was referring to..
Nothing over the centuries has given a reason to trust doctors unquestionably.
It absolutely boggles me that this stuff just keeps happening.
The fact that we have to say "which time that the medical establishment recommended treatment that caused birth defects?" is insane to me.
To the point of the post, it's because of the huge academic/medical establishment where we allow blame to be collectivized (only looking at the systemic flaws) and we don't hold individuals personally responsible for their professional actions. It's nice that doctors are being sued here but even if the women succeed, I doubt we'll see anything remotely the same for COVID. The pharmacist at Walgreens was just doing their job. Your family doctor was just "following the science".
It's more that thalidomide predated the internet so it could be memory-holed. The internet has changed the information game.
Maybe for some sure, but even throughout the covid hysteria there were some of us specifically bringing up Thalidomide when addressing things:
https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/11SK2bYe2T/vaccines-can-have-side-effects-b/c/
It wasn't even the first example I used, albeit very likely to be far more known about, that went to Theralizumab which has catastrophic trials that stopped immediately because it was going to kill people within the first hour of the trial!
What's funny is there's evidence that thalidomide can be used for certain kinds of cancers. Of course, those prescribed it are rigorously screened, informed of the side effects, and women are required to be on multiple birth control methods.
blame laundering is a hell of a drug. When your job is to do what's right for your patient, but "what's right" is determined be a superior organization beyond question, doing exactly what they say becomes the moral thing to do in your mind.
Couple that with the fact that deviating from the superior organization almost guarantees an expensive and crippling lawsuit, and you have a complete lack of actual medical practice.