AUUUGHHHH!!! Fuck. This is BULLSHIT.
AUUUGHHHH!!! Fuck. This is BULLSHIT.
Why don't we just revive spontaneous generation? Or flat earth? Or the miasma theory? Wait, I know! Let's go full Pliny about women and menstruation! Or any of the other historical crazies that think menstruation is toxic, can kill, or can control the weather!
* walks off, muttering incoherently *
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html
Why don't we just revive spontaneous generation? Or flat earth? Or the miasma theory? Wait, I know! Let's go full Pliny about women and menstruation! Or any of the other historical crazies that think menstruation is toxic, can kill, or can control the weather!
* walks off, muttering incoherently *
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html
In all fairness, the ruling did not decide the specific case in favor of the litigator. It also still requires the litigator to prove that a significant number of people fall ill after receiving the vaccine, without the preconditions that would normally make it likely for them to fall ill. The way I read this, is that there is no need to scientifically prove the pathway by which vaccination triggers the illness - it is enough to prove that it does increase the likelihood of the illness.
ReplyDeleteSo in theory it should make very little difference. In practice this may be up to the ignorance and superstition of the courts. I recently read that an Italian court had awarded damage for mobile phone radiation, so my hopes are not sky high.
I'm glad it should make little practical difference, although it's usually not good to have bad legal precedents on the books.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I read that as they don't have to prove anything. Also, how do you prove something "increases the likelihood of illness" without science? It's not necessary to have a detailed mechanism worked out to develop a scientifically supported hypothesis, but you can't just wave your hands and say I got sick and I got a vaccine, therefore, the vaccine made me sick.