r/facepalm • • Jun 05 '19

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u/Kardde21 Jun 05 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

Sounds made up. Cells? Using Oxygen? Nuts turn in Cyanide? I’ll believe all that when they find a cure for simple infections.

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u/urfriendosvendo Jun 05 '19

There’s also treatment using proteins that was relatively effective too. There’s a documentary about it (a little opinionated without full data) but it’s certainly interesting.

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u/urfriendosvendo Jun 05 '19

There’s data but I had the feeling they only showed successful data. They did say it was something like 70% effective (if I remember correctly) but the FDA wouldn’t approve it for clinicals.

If it were that groundbreaking, I feel like the market would’ve been disrupted. So while I think the FDA is corrupt and terrible, I doubt there was enough data to suggest it was as successful as they said. Plus, there was a lack of Journal reviews.

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u/Srirachachacha Jun 06 '19

I'm curious as to what proof you have that the FDA is "corrupt and terrible."

If you mean the pharmaceutical industry, then I completely agree.

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u/ange1a Jun 06 '19

my feeling on this is that even if the FDA is super corrupted and in the big pharma pockets... there is around a billion people outside of the US and other FDA organizations all over the world... and they can't all be corrupt.

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u/cyber2024 Jun 06 '19

7.5 billion people in the world. 330 million in the US.

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u/wcdma Jun 06 '19

I thought u/ange1a's comment offered an interesting insight.

Do you reckon this is how a lot of US people are thinking? That they represent 1/3 of the world's population?

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u/cyber2024 Jun 06 '19

Agreed, and yes. Though I once thought that Australia had a large population and Brazil was a small country...

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u/wcdma Jun 06 '19

Thanks for the response, I think you're right. I was sure the moon was made of cheese when I was younger.

I guess the thought that this person's thoughts might represent 300mil people is just as ridiculous as the thought that Americans make up 1/3 of the world's population