Live data from Hacker News

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs

propublica.org

81–82 of 82 posts

Re: Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs

#81
I recognize this article is singling out all the negatives and overlooking all the people who benefited from the medications.

But what is the overall likelihood that an individual will suffer significantly from some statistically unlikely event in modern medicine? There are so many.

Re: Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs

#82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

-Who funded the moon mission? What are their incentives? -Who owns the pharmaceutical plants? What are their incentives?

And who is moving these goalposts around?

What goalposts? The government funded the moon mission, they’ll spare no expense in making sure their vanity project succeeds.

Private companies own the pharmaceutical plants in India, their incentive is to maximize profit.. in a country with lots of corruption and poor sanitation.

I’m not making the claim that 10% of India defecating in the open is a moral or cultural failure, I’m saying that, in conjunction with the corruption, it does not inspire confidence in manufacturing goods that need to be sterile.

Post reply on HN