Something to consider:
In 1918 if you had spanish flu, and your neighbor offered you a blood letting, or some tonic water and told you it would work to cure your dying relative,,, would you give it to them if you had no other choice?
If people tried it, and it did relatively no harm,,, historically how would we view that today?
If it did a little harm, but cured a few, how would we view it?
If it worked?
The only thing that has changed is the information flow, and our ability as humans to adapt to circumstance and change it. We are being bombarded with solutions,,, many of which will first do no harm,,, and might actually be good. The regulatory machinations that we believe are there to keep us all safe,,, because god forbid someone buy remedies that aren't effective,,,, are slowing down our ability to solve this problem in a sensible and expedient way,,,, and are quite possibly slowing down our ability to scale these medicines up at risk to save lives.
We are all being asked to take a collective risk to shut our businesses, our homes, and our communities, and we are dilly dallying waiting to see if populations can be striated, effectiveness, placebos, and other bullshit.
This ain't rocket science. This is medicine. We need to let the smart doctors be doctors, the scientists scientist, and keep us safe. |
