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They believed the FDA causes great harm by gatekeeping potentially tremendously lifesaving but risky treatments.

For instance, some worked to develop a covid vax within a few weeks of COVID emerging, and distribute knowledge of how to build and self-dose with this home covid vax. This would help save livs, probably, at the cost of potentially being dangerous, but each individual could choose whether they were willing to take that risk.

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This feels related to the movement at the beginning of the AIDS crisis that pushed for the release of new treatments. I can't remember exactly how it all shook out in the end; the alternative treatment (DDI) had better side effects for some people, but wasn't the final really effective treatment that was researched years later (protease inhibitors). That research was lobbied for by the same movements I believe.

Are you being sarcastic here? Regarding Covid, America did go through "Let each individual choose their own best remedy if they're willing to take the risk," and we all know how that worked out.

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