Before 1962, vaccines, drugs, and other such products did not undergo nearly the kind of scrutiny that they do today in order to become licensed. It wasn’t until the thalidomide disaster of the 1960’s that federal regulation of drugs came to be what it is today.
Read MoreThe Declaration of Independence’s most trenchant historical observation is coupled with its boldest claim: “that governments are instituted among men, [and] deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Read MoreMajor John Hitesman graduated from the Norwich Military Academy a year before I graduated from Boston University. Like me, Hitesman had a “life” before becoming a lawyer.
Read MoreThe first principle enunciated in the Nuremberg Code is that “the informed consent of the subject is absolutely essential.”
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Read MoreOzymandias shares a pivotal experience from his life in this non-fiction novel. Check back each week for a new chapter.
Read More…I begin with examples of people who were at the pinnacle of some of the most prestigious scientific and medical journals and let their experiences begin the discussion. I finish my proof by offering a history lesson on the origins of these phenomena, which I believe assists in showing that the “how” of “how we got here” helps explain and buttress the conclusion that “here” is, scientifically speaking, a very bad place.
Read MoreI’m going to begin with two claims about the state of #science in the United States.
Read MoreOzymandias has an opinion to share.
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