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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by refurb on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:00PM (#29121136)
Again, as someone who worked with toxicology, yeah. The default is every new molecule might be highly toxic and needs to be proven otherwise.

It’s why we don’t look at a molecule and say “oh, that’s not a carcinogen! No need to test”. And the same reason we run hERG tests to make sure drugs don’t give you a fatal arrhythmia (a surprising number of drugs do this and some are still on the market).

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by cglace on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:15PM (#29121331)
So over what time period do you believe we should wait to release a drug to the public? 10 - 25 years after discovery?
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by refurb on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:38PM (#29121644)
Straw man. I never said don’t release the drug or delay it decades, I said “the risk is always there”.

And funny you should say 10-25 years. 10 years is pretty typical from initial molecule discovery to FDA approval.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by cglace on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:16PM (#29122882)
Sorry to offend.

I was referencing your assertion that all molecules are prions until proven otherwise.

Also, I asked two questions. Next time try answering them before jumping to being an ass.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by onecommentman on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:04PM (#29126890)
The post to which you are (nominally) responding was not obnoxious in the least. Your name-calling most definitely is obnoxious. I thought this was an adult forum. Eternal November?

And please show us the words where where the poster claimed that “all molecules are prions”…as you claimed. I can point to your exact words here…look forward to you doing the same.

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