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A comment on Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have Never Been Approved’. Parent comment

Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by dation on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:53PM (#21548658)
Is the point of a regulatory agency to decide for hundreds of millions of people what their acceptable level of risk? What if thousands of people die from not having access to medications that a regulatory agency deems too risky?
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by brokensegue on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:17PM (#21549713)
yeah that's what regulatory agencies are for. is this the first you've heard of them?
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