> I mean, 55k excess deaths is still a pretty massive number.
So is 25 million. :)
I don't mean to be callous by saying this, but it's often stated that even one death is unacceptable, but we also expect products to infinitely scale. At some point you will have a death from anything including breathing or drinking water.
What would be even worse is if we found that threshold of "one death" and limited the number of prescriptions below that. I think most people who need certain medications would prefer to roll the dice than be rejected the treatment.
I've always thought it would be a good compromise if the risk of death for the recommended dosage is required to be printed on the label along with doctors and pharmacists warning the patient ahead of time even for trivial stuff like ibuprofen.
Even more generally, a culture shift towards realistic expectations is sorely needed these days.
So is 25 million. :)
I don't mean to be callous by saying this, but it's often stated that even one death is unacceptable, but we also expect products to infinitely scale. At some point you will have a death from anything including breathing or drinking water.
What would be even worse is if we found that threshold of "one death" and limited the number of prescriptions below that. I think most people who need certain medications would prefer to roll the dice than be rejected the treatment.
I've always thought it would be a good compromise if the risk of death for the recommended dosage is required to be printed on the label along with doctors and pharmacists warning the patient ahead of time even for trivial stuff like ibuprofen.
Even more generally, a culture shift towards realistic expectations is sorely needed these days.