There is no such thing as a truly 'safe' drug, treatment, surgery, or device; for both individuals and the FDA there are only gradations of risk, and when stakes are high one should evaluate both the magnitude of the danger and its probability rather than relying on a safe/unsafe label.
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Cass SunsteinEvidence Quote
“for an individual doctor or patient or for the Food and Drug Administration they're gradations of risk not as if there's an on/off switch and so if you're the sort of person who's willing to think hard about probabilities which is when the stakes are high probably a good idea you should look at the magnitude of the danger”
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