Well I hope it did teach us something. It was a distressing episode that could possibly have been prevented.

That is a thought provoking article you posted Bill S. It seems the tragic outcomes of not testing exhaustively are dire, but we do need medical research to continue, perhaps more than ever now that we have so many resistant organisms emerging.

I have read that once the patent on some quite effective proven drugs expire the big Pharmas do not bother with producing them any more. Maybe we should be using the tested by time drugs that still work as well as the new one-shot wonders that are pushed so hard by the companies.