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Re:Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms by John23832 on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @12:55PM (#46208134)
I think this is so sad and a symptom of a world where nobody wants to accept responsibility anymore. Even the responsibility to say "no".

We see this "no no's" in VC investing, job hunting, and now your anecdote, medical trials.

People don't want to be responsible for children. The elderly. Owning a home. Maintaining society. Or to each other. Saddening really.

People are adverse to just trying often times. The responsibility of potentially failing is something they don't want...

When nobody is responsible for anything, society crumbles.

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Re:Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms by BeFlatXIII on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @01:46PM (#46208831)
Nobody wants to be responsible because those who are responsible end up taking the blame.
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Re:Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms by John23832 on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @03:04PM (#46209891)
That's tautological.
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Re:Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms by BeFlatXIII on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:46AM (#46219070)
True. A better way to say it would have been to say that when taking the blame carries professional or financial risk, the smart move is to avoid it. When everyone cooperates, everyone wins (until the system breaks down); if all but one cooperates, it gets pinned on a fall guy (to the same effect).
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