02-18-2016, 10:08 PM
LP, are you sure you aren't a spin doctor for the tobacco industry or big coal/oil? Your attempts to wilfully distort anything that challenges your line is straight out of their playbook.
So, the article I linked was by "failed print journos and mummy bloggers at the Huffington"? Wow, so you didn't notice the quotes from the following experts:
But kudos to you for brandishing the article by a couple of bioethicists as if it's the Bible. You know, don't you, that one of the authors isn't even a doctor and the other is apparently a clinician of an unspecified type. I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think I'll go with the experts at the front line rather than bioethicists. But they do contribute to WHO, so that is something. Speaking of which, did you know WHO has stated that we are weeks away from determining whether there is a causal link, based on case control studies that are underway?
You see, when treating actual patients, doctors need information urgently. They can't wait for 100 years to see what scientists think at that point. Research will go on after the case-control studies but if those studies find a causal link then this will be the basis for ongoing medical and government action. That further research includes genetic research which will take a year or so. If any further research disproves a link, then programs will change. That's how urgent medical situations are addressed.
This is also why I couldn't care less about your "medical experts at 20 paces" duel. I am not backing a horse in this race. As the race will for practical purposes be over in a few weeks, I'm happy to wait for the result. If you want to place a bet and cheer home your horse, be my guest.
So, the article I linked was by "failed print journos and mummy bloggers at the Huffington"? Wow, so you didn't notice the quotes from the following experts:
- Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Ligia Bahia, a public health expert at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Dr. Ian Musgrave, neurotoxicologist and toxicologist, University of Adelaide
But kudos to you for brandishing the article by a couple of bioethicists as if it's the Bible. You know, don't you, that one of the authors isn't even a doctor and the other is apparently a clinician of an unspecified type. I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think I'll go with the experts at the front line rather than bioethicists. But they do contribute to WHO, so that is something. Speaking of which, did you know WHO has stated that we are weeks away from determining whether there is a causal link, based on case control studies that are underway?
You see, when treating actual patients, doctors need information urgently. They can't wait for 100 years to see what scientists think at that point. Research will go on after the case-control studies but if those studies find a causal link then this will be the basis for ongoing medical and government action. That further research includes genetic research which will take a year or so. If any further research disproves a link, then programs will change. That's how urgent medical situations are addressed.
This is also why I couldn't care less about your "medical experts at 20 paces" duel. I am not backing a horse in this race. As the race will for practical purposes be over in a few weeks, I'm happy to wait for the result. If you want to place a bet and cheer home your horse, be my guest.