About six months ago I read a book called Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre. Even though I already understood the perverse incentives of the pharma industry, it still shocked me. Given the content, I was surprised Goldacre was not one of the main voices in the heroic group of dissenters. When I typed his name into a search engine, all I found w…
About six months ago I read a book called Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre. Even though I already understood the perverse incentives of the pharma industry, it still shocked me. Given the content, I was surprised Goldacre was not one of the main voices in the heroic group of dissenters. When I typed his name into a search engine, all I found was a twitter-handle, Ben-Get-Vaccinated-Goldacre. I looked no further. Deeply disappointing that people who Really should know better have been fooled by what was, to me - a nobody - such an obvious propaganda lie. I heard Abramson speak with Lex Fridman and would have assumed he would know better. Was he fooled or bought? I suppose makes no difference.
About six months ago I read a book called Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre. Even though I already understood the perverse incentives of the pharma industry, it still shocked me. Given the content, I was surprised Goldacre was not one of the main voices in the heroic group of dissenters. When I typed his name into a search engine, all I found was a twitter-handle, Ben-Get-Vaccinated-Goldacre. I looked no further. Deeply disappointing that people who Really should know better have been fooled by what was, to me - a nobody - such an obvious propaganda lie. I heard Abramson speak with Lex Fridman and would have assumed he would know better. Was he fooled or bought? I suppose makes no difference.