• Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Medical professionals also said that Thalidomide was safe for pregnant women to take, and it turns out it very much wasn’t.

    This is the kind of thing that leads to that concern about any new medication.

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      9 months ago

      Never said professionals can’t be wrong.

      But they will be right a hell of a lot more than the average non-medically-schooled person. That is for sure.