Originally Posted by
dr dre
I hate it when the anti crowd bring up Thalidomide.
Thalidomide was the product of an era in which testing, trials, information sharing and regulation was nowhere near as good as it is today.
It was because of that product that a system of safety was developed that gave us the safe and efficient medications and vaccines today.
How the thalidomide scandal led to safer drugs
That argument is the equivalent of saying “In the 1910’s and 20’s most aircraft were wire and canvas contraptions that had a high rate of crashing. Because of that the risk of a modern jetliner crashing could be the same, so people should avoid it”.
We are talking about two totally different eras and environments, bringing up Thalidomide as an example is pointless.
Not to mention that Thalidomide was not a vaccine.