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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by lightedman on Saturday December 07, 2019 @11:22AM (#21731040)
"You’re mixing two things:"

Being ineffective can be very dangerous as a person taking a drug expecting it to alleviate their condition finds no relief and thus dies from their condition.

You did not fully read and comprehend the parent post.

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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by cobbzilla on Saturday December 07, 2019 @11:27AM (#21731067)
Post implied fairly plainly that “doesn’t work == harmful”, is there another way to read that?
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by kurthr on Saturday December 07, 2019 @11:47AM (#21731169)
While I agree with you... if you take the side of the Medical and Insurance industry, it works great. Money is extracted before they died with a high margin process. The incentive is perverse, but it's real and effective.
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