All these things happened, but guess what? Millions of lives have been saved by antibiotics.
We have to consider the consequences of NOT adopting new technology as well as the risks of adopting it.
Monday, May 11, 2015
On the Precautionary Principle
What if we had followed the precautionary principle when antibiotics were coming on line? We would have asked such question as: What if pathogens evolve resistance? What if some people are allergic? What if antibiotics destroy normal flora?
All these things happened, but guess what? Millions of lives have been saved by antibiotics.
We have to consider the consequences of NOT adopting new technology as well as the risks of adopting it.
All these things happened, but guess what? Millions of lives have been saved by antibiotics.
We have to consider the consequences of NOT adopting new technology as well as the risks of adopting it.
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