What is empirical evidence and why has pharma killed it?

Empirical evidence is evidence that some people have seen. Like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. Like water being wet. Like parachutes (mostly) working to prevent fatal falls.

Like thalidomide causing thalidomide babies. No, there were no studies before thalidomide was prevented by the FDA from being approved in the US. No RCTs. Just anecdotal evidence. Empirical evidence. And there were no thalidomide babies in the US–only in Europe. Because the FDA acted to prevent thalidomide from being given to pregnant women on the basis of anecdotal evidence.

“The plural of anecdote isn’t evidence.” This is a phrase commonly stated by doctors supporting the pharma narrative. But the thalidomide evidence was sound, empirical–even anecdotal–evidence. Birth defects were prevented because of FDA regulation.

You’ll find vaxx cultists demanding peer-reviewed evidence of covid vaccine harms before they…