In the first clinical trial of its kind, a nonhormonal oral contraceptive that reversibly stops sperm production has just been deemed safe for human use....The trial did not assess the pill’s efficacy in reducing sperm

Uh, lol...I have to admit, I'm not really going to start caring about whether it's safe until I know that it actually does what it's trying to do.

How can you even honestly say it's a "contraceptive that reversibly stops sperm production" without qualification, if you haven't even determined it fucking works, yet?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This how medical studies work, because of ethics. First they prove it works on animals, which they did with great success. But before testing it works on humans, they must first confirm it is not dangerous, before they can ethically test for actual efficacy on a larger cohort.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand that's the sequence of events, but, my point is that this isn't worthy of a headline, not yet.

A safe drug that doesn't work doesn't matter. It only matters once it's proven safe and effective.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 2 weeks ago

It was successful on other primates, the chance that it will work exactly the same on humans is very high and worth the headline.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

They know it works, but not how well it works