Originally Posted by Allison

I think that would be fair if they also prosecuted the makers of the pharmaceuticals that do end up hurting people as fraud too. Or even if they don't hurt people, but are completely unnecessary.

Tell me why in the US they require babies on day 1 or day 2 of their lives to get the HEP C vaccine when it can only be transmitted through sex, blood transfusions or needle sharing, and from a mother who also has HEP C. I had this debate with my child's pediatrician when we opted to not get the vaccine and I won. He tried to claim that maybe I could have HEP C and not know it despite the fact that I had been tested for everything twice during my pregnancy and at that point he finally gave in.

That's just good ole pharmaceutical schmoozing which I think is the equivalent of fraud.