Trump Considers FDA Chief Who Says People Should Use Medicines At Their Own Risk
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is weighing naming as Food and Drug Administration commissioner a staunch libertarian who has called for eliminating the agency’s mandate to determine whether new medicines are effective before approving them for sale.
“Let people start using them, at their own risk,” the candidate, Jim O’Neill, said in a 2014 speech to a biotech group.
O’Neill, has also called for paying organ donors and setting up libertarian societies at sea—and has said he was surprised to discover that FDA regulators actually enjoy science and like working to fight disease.
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O’Neill would be an unusual choice. He is not a physician, and lacks the strong science background that nearly all former commissioners have had in recent years.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-considers-fda-chief-who-says-people-should-use-medicines-ldquo-at-their-own-risk-rdquo/
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Whee!!!
Trump is absolutely astounding!
He has a true talent for picking the absolute worst people possible for each government position.
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[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]As far as safety and efficacy go, you're on your own with "legal" pharmaceuticals. If you want something natural, safe, and proven effective, though, *not* from Big Pharma, you could lose everything and go to prison. Freedumb, yeah! 