Governments should be allowed to mandate medical interventions during pandemics

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Childhood trauma leads people to develop psychosis

Younger patients should receive priority when lifesaving treatment is scarce

Doctors should be allowed to prescribe undisclosed placebos when no effective treatment exists

Without environmental regulations to ensure safety, people will become sick

A lack of environmental regulations makes people sick, which in turn reduces their productivity

The mathematical backing for the public health benefits of stricter environmental regulation is shaky

Healthier people are more productive

A healthy population is more productive

Major outbreaks of waterborne or foodborne illnesses are not largely occurring in the United States

In the United States, environmental regulations have reached a point of diminishing returns for public health benefits

The focus of public health efforts should be on preventing diseases rather than treating them

Over the longer term, stricter environmental regulation impacts susceptible populations more than it contributes to public health

Stricter environmental regulation has a greater negative impact on susceptible populations than the public health benefits it provides

Sickness resulting from a lack of environmental regulation leads to treatment costs

Insurers should be barred from setting premiums using genetic tests

More young people need to get their brain scanned

Competent adults should be allowed to sell a kidney

Parents should be allowed to select embryos against adult-onset inherited disease

A placebo's psychological effect is driven by the patient's confidence in the medical professional and their belief that they are receiving a cure

Prescribing undisclosed placebos is a form of deception