(April 19, 2017 at 12:27 pm)Khemikal Wrote: The list of potential complications of some flu medication might read "sudden death" . While I suppose I'd rather have the flu than "sudden death" - I'm banking on -not- being one of those people...and I really hate the flu. Some of the meds I've been on in my life have side effects that are arguably worse than the ailment, but ultimately that only matters when you're one of the people those complications present themselves in. So I, for example, used to take shit that might induce "night terror"...to get deeper sleep. Mull that one over. If there's anything worse than "night terror" it would have to be being stuck in a deep, deep sleep while you experienced it, lol.
OTOH, if I didn't get those winks, it was just a matter of time until I accidentally (or accidentally n-purpose) shot someone...or at least ran them over.
The filtering of if you need it or not, is fine. But not in an add with fast talk and fine print. Again, we are not talking about flu vaccines. I am all for that, and children getting vaccines. I am talking about drugs, yes, but it is still part of a corporate climate. I am not talking about any lagit use someone may need. I am talking strictly about marketing tactics.
It is just like guns, it isn't that people have them, and some people do need them, but the marketing is the issue. I don't like the flood of marketing. It isn't there for the consumer. Far too much of ALL businesses at the top are about finding more shareholders. The NRA scares the crap out of gun owners, not because the other side wants a dictatorship, they scare the crap out of people to KEEP POWER. Corporate adds, no matter the product, including drugs, but anything, are designed to sell you a fix, either through saying "You need this", or "if you don't buy this bad things will happen".
I think consumers would do better to consult a doctor directly, even get a second opinion, not listen to an add. Just like one should not buy a car because some guy is shouting loudly on a TV.
There is a huge difference between neutral science, and corporate boardrooms whom have a money motivation to get their "scientists" to make a product sound lagit. If you watch the COSMOS series with Neil Degrasse Tyson, in one of the episodes they noted the history of the Lead industry, which at the time put out adds in black and white cartoons selling the idea that "Lead is natural, lead is your friend".
Dont confuse lagit science with money motivations. Neutral science is objective.
