It appears to me that he put too much stock in the assurances of those he knew connected with Merck as they in turn relied on clearance and approval by the FDA. To this day on its web site Merck says that the drug is effective and cleared but warns of possible reactions including very severe ones that can be fatal and states that it should not be used except upon the advice of one's physician after that individual informss himself. If the fatalities and injuries reported on the Internet are correct it seems that Governor Perry ultimately relied too much on the supposed omniscience of the Federal Government, which seems at odds with much of what he says on most issues and did not properly consider, even with opt-out included, the displacement of the proper role of the person's own physician. It does not seem, without being privy to much of what must have led to the decision, to be as sound a decision as one would expect from him. I compare it for example to his decision on a Texas wide border fence, which seems well researhed and thought out and yet is constantly subjected to supposedly being "proof" that he is aganst border security.
It also seems to me that if the reports available on the Internet about 91 fatalities and many other serious adverse effects are accurate then the FDA has not done its job. But it would not be the first time it has clearned a drug when it should have not done so without further investigation being required or has failed to order further testing and consider withdrawal of approval when events have occurred which indicate it fell down on the job.
>> “It also seems to me that if the reports available on the Internet about 91 fatalities and many other serious adverse effects are accurate then the FDA has not done its job.” <<
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The FDA has always been in the pockets of Big Pharma, and the AMA; they will never do their job.