Recent content by Reece

Voted. Rand is beating Trump 36% to 31%.

If I release a medicine, and specifically say that there is a one in a million chance someone could have a severe reaction, would I have to pay when someone was injured? Can I not release a medicine in your "libertarian" society and give the risks without being liable for damages when these...

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Yes, vaccine manufacturers are subsidized in the case of unexpected harm. That hasn't happened yet, so they haven't gotten these advantages. What has happened so far is that anti-vaccination claims have gained credence due to payouts in a "vaccine court" for things almost certainly unrelated...

This is an interesting argument for this specific case, but it's fairly typical for the FDA. The FDA has built in incentives to delay drugs, regardless of whether they are actually safe. Furthermore, defending current companies from competition is a powerful function that they play in the...

First, I'm using a different definition of safe than them. I would also say drinking water is safe. I'm not using safe as in "no danger," I'm using safe as in "very little danger." The way they are using unsafe in this instance, and the way the Supreme Court agreed with (as can be seen in the...

Again, you're using language here that seems unsupportable. Who forced congress to include it in the text of their bill? Kind of like water is unsafe. People have died from drinking water, and that doesn't mean you shouldn't drink it. It doesn't even mean that you have the right not to...

If I had a child that developed a problem around the same time as they got the vaccine, I would definitely consider going to the vaccine court and making up my thoughts on the matter. I'm sure a lot of people would. This isn't a typical court; there is no innocent until proven guilty for the...

You expressed more than what you thought would happen. You said: "here is what would happen in a truly free market: 1. There would be far fewer vaccines in the market." You cannot possibly know that for sure, despite your claim that this would happen. There are clear ways that the government...

I don't know the exact phrase you're looking for. Immunity? Why does it matter? Yes, they are shielded from lawsuits, which would likely not happen in a free market, but that doesn't meant hat there would be less vaccines, which was my point. Since there is no evidence of wrongdoing on their...

You can say that would be the likely outcome, but saying that this "would happen" is too strong of a claim. I happen to think that your first claim would be wrong. There are plenty of ways the state negatively impacts the vaccine market. Most businesses are unable to mandate vaccines - they...

A few things: 1) The date is wrong. The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963 and the first widespread vaccination was in 1966. 2) The graph seems to be incorrect, although a source is not included to see how they got this data. The data from the CDC gives us quite different numbers in the...

Obama said: “I think the good book says don’t throw stones in glass houses” The "I think" shows that he wasn't sure, and makes it much more likely that he was expressing a Biblical idea instead of giving a word-for-word quote.

Voted. It's really close: Rand 50.78, Cruz 47.77. I'll post it on some Facebook groups if it isn't already there.

nvm