The Cost of Patient Autonomy

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Every bottle has to have a phone number right to the FDA or you can just report something bad. That kind of systematic collection has led to some interesting and amusing side effect lists that you get on drugs. Because they have to cover everything, it means that like any adverse events that happen to people that could... Well, I suppose that really would be quite something if the COVID vaccine kind of tracked or kind of tracked lightning.

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Rob Wiblin is the Head of Research at 80,000 Hours where he investigates how people can do more good in the course of their career and produces a long-form interview show called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. He studied genetics and economics in Australia before moving to the UK to help develop the emerging field of effective altruism. You can learn more about Rob at robwiblin.com, learn more about his research work at 80000hours.org, and follow him on social media at @robertwiblin.

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