@sickburnbro @Squadalah_Man yeah that's why we developed a medical approval process that was more stringent and expensive than anywhere in the world, one that was a serious pain to deal with and seemed to frequently prioritize an unreasonable level of safety vs rolling out medications or devices earlier and helping people

then the pandemic happened and political pressure developed and all those old rules that we were constantly reminded were written in blood got tossed aside

i used to get flu shots every year and had complete faith in the system even if it sometimes got things wrong but now that it is another political arm that ignores the rules developed by their better predecessors i don't engage with them or their output on a personal level at all