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defusted t1_j9ovc2z wrote

Ah the good old days, when we believed in science and the things experts said.

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SayTheLineBart t1_j9se1hv wrote

Experts had a lot of bad ideas during this time too, you know.

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benjaminbrixton t1_j9v1062 wrote

Remember the good old days when doctors wouldn’t wash their hands and mothers died during childbirth or shortly after at an extreme rate?

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iluvgivingblowjobs t1_ja7i6f8 wrote

That was prior to Salk. Germ theory is a wonderful piece of scientific knowledge.

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big_hoagie_eater t1_j9sh221 wrote

You’re spot on. All those peoples’ lives forever improved by icepick lobotomies. Completely safe and effective! Thank God for the experts!

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SayTheLineBart t1_j9sqmcd wrote

Don’t forget leaded gasoline and the benefits of tobacco smoke.

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big_hoagie_eater t1_j9syp3j wrote

Let us not forget thalidomide! Yep, the good old days of quack doctors ruining lives… oh wait… that still happens all the time.

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iluvgivingblowjobs t1_ja7idr4 wrote

Thalidomide was stopped before reaching commercial sale by Dr. Francis Kelsey. She was personally harassed for not approving the anti-nausea medicine when she asked for additional testing/rejected incomplete findings. She’s a hero who prevented thousands of deformed children from being born due to her diligence to science. Don’t slander her work because humans didn’t have the scientific knowledge of what lead did to the body.

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