Comment by pierat
1 year ago
> Why not look at the FDA? When was the last time you were poisoned?
How many deaths happened because of excessive regulation, extreme delays, and overall refusal to acknowledge other medical bodies' acceptance of treatment?
The CATO institute, a Republican think-tank, put a number on FDA drug law alone from 20000-120000 deaths per decade. (I was aiming at another more impartial org, but sigh)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/end-fda-drug-monopoly-let-pa...
Side note: CATO isn’t a particularly credible source. (Like Greenpeace.)
That said, even though I agree with them in this case, that bolsters the case for regulation being effective. If the FDA were ineffective, pharmaceuticals could “play…legal gymnastics and pay rudimentary fines” to get around their power. In other words, the magnitude is undisputed; we’re debating the sign.