nerdlas
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nerdlas
@Nerdlas
Chairman of the Institute of Incompatible Positions on Serious Issues.


Earlier today russians struck Kharkiv with a drone. Seven people were injured, including a 15‑year‑old girl‼️













It was already being handed out to pregnant women across the world—marketed as harmless, even gentle. Doctors trusted it. Companies insisted it was safe. And no one seemed to be asking harder questions. Except one woman. Frances Oldham Kelsey had just arrived at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration when a pharmaceutical company pushed for approval of a new drug: thalidomide. It was being used widely in Europe to treat morning sickness, praised as a miracle solution. Approval should have been routine. But Kelsey hesitated. Something didn’t sit right. The data felt incomplete. The studies were thin. Reports of strange side effects—nerve damage, unusual symptoms—kept surfacing, but were brushed aside. The pressure to approve it quickly was intense. The company pushed back. Colleagues questioned the delay. The world was already moving forward without her. She refused to follow. Again and again, Kelsey denied approval, demanding stronger evidence, more rigorous testing, clearer answers. She held her ground for months, quietly but unshakably. And then the truth broke through. Across Europe, thousands of babies were being born with devastating deformities—missing limbs, malformed organs, lives forever altered before they even began. Thalidomide was the cause. Because Frances Oldham Kelsey said no, the drug never reached the U.S. market in the same way. While other countries faced a catastrophe, countless American families were spared. She didn’t lead protests. She didn’t make headlines in the moment. She simply refused to sign her name to something she didn’t believe was safe. And that decision—one signature withheld—changed the course of medical history. © Reddit #archaeohistories




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