This kind of thinking is, I think, a large cause of the troubles in the world today.
Although The Lancet study is proof of concept, experts still question the ethics of a pill for lifestyle issues.
Critics say the problems of high blood pressure and cholesterol should be tackled with diet and exercise rather than by popping a pill.
Why is it someone else’s business if I choose to “pop a pill” in order to address health issues instead of going the “correct” route of diet and exercise? And who are these “experts” that make this decision that diet and exercise are the “correct” route? Who appointed them our overseers? It’s this kind of thing that erodes away at our freedoms a tiny piece at a time if we don’t address them. First they criticize, then they suggest solutions, then they legislate what we can and can’t do. Why do they think that they can run our lives better than we can?
Tags: health care, regulation