Comments on: SNEP Solution: Alternatives to the FDA Process http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/snep-solution-alternatives-to-the-fda-process/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Andrew' http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/snep-solution-alternatives-to-the-fda-process/#comment-444613 Wed, 07 May 2014 12:25:33 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=3237#comment-444613 Except they barely “treated” Thalidomide like Thalidomide.

I need a better name for it, but we might call it the “giving the government the benefit of exaggerated hindsight of a single success due largely to luck or (in this case) a single individual making it not much to hang your policy hat on logically,” fallacy.

Thalidomide basically benefitted from us waiting while other countries tried it and then the “clinical trials” rolled in that it was a disaster in conditions (pregnancies) that no one knew (believed) even needed to be tested until after Thalidomide.

]]> By: Mike http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/snep-solution-alternatives-to-the-fda-process/#comment-444568 Tue, 06 May 2014 20:14:37 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=3237#comment-444568 I don’t think the proverbial snake oil was ever considered harmful, just not effective. It’s more like the FDA treats every drug as Thalidomide unless it’s proven otherwise.

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