Re:We don't need freedom of religion
by Semiapies on Thursday December 23, 2010 @05:06PM
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"near to 100% of input kids are neglected or abused"
Untrue. Children end up in the foster care system for a variety of reasons, including simple loss of parents or a woman (or teenage girl) knowing she can't care for a child.
"significantly lower proportion of those kids neglected or abused"
The evidence is not as clear on this as you'd like it to be.
To correct your example, if we had a drug that caused strokes or death in a significant percentage of cases, simply saying, "Well, many of the patients we'd give it to would otherwise suffer strokes or death," would be a quick route to an FDA rejection.
Untrue. Children end up in the foster care system for a variety of reasons, including simple loss of parents or a woman (or teenage girl) knowing she can't care for a child.
"significantly lower proportion of those kids neglected or abused"
The evidence is not as clear on this as you'd like it to be.
To correct your example, if we had a drug that caused strokes or death in a significant percentage of cases, simply saying, "Well, many of the patients we'd give it to would otherwise suffer strokes or death," would be a quick route to an FDA rejection.