Then by all means, disagree. That's just my opinion man.
Any amount of law or regulation will have some amount of citizens who disagree with it. For me, I think that the average citizen should be able to trust the medical community, and I think that the best way to accomplish that is to require the medical community to meet safety standards, and to support their claims of effectiveness with science. And I think that the less regulated parts of the health industry (supplements and fitness) have proven that many businesses will not back their claims with science if not required by law to do so. And that uneducated americans aren't able to see through that sort of nonsense and will purchase from those businesses anyways. This isn't a big deal with something relatively harmless like supplements, but when it comes to medical treatment you could potentially cause a lot of harm.
> Then by all means, disagree. That's just my opinion man.
But it's not just your opinion, because I'm forced to go along with it. If it was just your opinion then we'd have a more just world, where disagreements are reconciled by argument or agreement to go our separate ways, rather than by force.
> I think that the average citizen should be able to trust the medical community, and I think that the best way to accomplish that is to require the medical community to meet safety standards, and to support their claims of effectiveness with science.
Trust is a two way street. In order to justifiably trust some person or institution, I need to know their reasoning for their decisions and decide for myself whether I agree. There can be no trust (and no science) where reasoning is enforced.
> when it comes to medical treatment you could potentially cause a lot of harm
This can be dealt with via non-enforced regulatory bodies that people consent to trusting, and through the court of law if those fail (with basic institutions like innocence until proven guilty, the opposite standard of what the FDA enforces).
> But it's not just your opinion, because I'm forced to go along with it
Welcome to society? I don't like speed limits so I feel your pain.
> There can be no trust (and no science) where reasoning is enforced.
I'm not sure what your point is here. Is there no science in the current medical community?
>through the court of law if those fail
Unless the judicial system learns how to resurrect dead people, I'm not sure that suing after the damage is done is really going to help victims of malpractice.
In the event of those who aren't killed, only injured, how do you prove malpractice if there are no legal standards of care by which to judge? Even good doctors (or good medical tech companies) can have bad outcomes, so it can't be results driven.
Any amount of law or regulation will have some amount of citizens who disagree with it. For me, I think that the average citizen should be able to trust the medical community, and I think that the best way to accomplish that is to require the medical community to meet safety standards, and to support their claims of effectiveness with science. And I think that the less regulated parts of the health industry (supplements and fitness) have proven that many businesses will not back their claims with science if not required by law to do so. And that uneducated americans aren't able to see through that sort of nonsense and will purchase from those businesses anyways. This isn't a big deal with something relatively harmless like supplements, but when it comes to medical treatment you could potentially cause a lot of harm.