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		rubber_duck on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FDA issues emergency use authorization for convale... > a false sense of security You mean placebo effect ?

JumpCrisscross on Aug 23, 2020 [–]

> You mean placebo effect

Not quite. Charitably, it’s like the seatbelt effect. With the advent of seatbelts, drivers were comfortable with riskier driving habits than they would have been otherwise.

This is a problem per se. Doubly so if the seatbelt is a sham.

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