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FDA’s ‘Abundance of Caution’ Should Extend to Supplements
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was paused but you can get free shipping on an elixir of elk antler velvet.
No abundance of caution here.
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It’s a weird system when an effective vaccine was suspended during a deadly pandemic for a maybe-one-in-a-million chance of blood clots, but you can get free two-day shipping on an elixir of elk antler velvet.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is known for being cautious — in the case of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, the watchwords were “abundance of caution.” I can’t help but think: I sure wish these folks were more risk-averse when it comes to the supplements in my medicine cabinet.