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Funnily enough this is why there's a specific divide between being able to test scientifically (medically) with lab-raised animals but as far as people go, ethics committees usually disallow human experimentation in the form of double-blinded randomised-control trials (the strongest form of independent evidence). We thus usually have to rely on more epidemiological evidence which is more for retrospective analysis than for development of new treatments, medications etc. Why this is particularly interesting is simply that the divide exists. I'm wondering, with the recent rise in significance (at least in the philosophy world) of animal philosophy and the notion of consent and animals as moral agents how this might affect even this kind of testing, if at all (for more detail refer to the "I declare thee man and cow" thread). But that's all tangential. Essentially you're right as far as a medical perspective would dictate.
Funnily enough this is why there's a specific divide between being able to test scientifically (medically) with lab-raised animals but as far as people go, ethics committees usually disallow human experimentation in the form of double-blinded randomised-control trials (the strongest form of independent evidence). We thus usually have to rely on more epidemiological evidence which is more for retrospective analysis than for development of new treatments, medications etc.
Why this is particularly interesting is simply that the divide exists. I'm wondering, with the recent rise in significance (at least in the philosophy world) of animal philosophy and the notion of consent and animals as moral agents how this might affect even this kind of testing, if at all (for more detail refer to the "I declare thee man and cow" thread).
But that's all tangential. Essentially you're right as far as a medical perspective would dictate.
