How much for that doggy (or life) in the window?

[jhetley]

How much is a human life worth? According to a jury, at least $253 million, for a death that is questionably Vioxx-related.

Hey, folks, my sister nearly died from asprin. Oxygen in sufficient concentration can kill you. LIFE is fatal.

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Problem (as I see it) comes in defining "knew" and "risks." A lot of people assume that drugs _can_ be safe. I don't. If it affects your physiology or psychology at all, there's enough variation in human bodies that it can affect _somebody_ badly. Those bad effects may only show in statistical analysis once you have a million people using the drug....

This is even true of common foods. We have a school administration in Maine trying to enforce a peanut-free school building because of one student's violent allergy....