My Grandmother took Thalidomide, and I was born like this.

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Initially, the search was to help, but soon, this desire to help was fueled by the scent of enormous profits.

So many women suffer from morning sickness—kerching.

But then, suddenly, babies were born with flippers instead of arms. Surely, the alarm bells were ringing. The pediatricians must have seen it and, loyal to the Hippocratic oath, demanded that the entire health industry search for the cause.

Instead, it took twenty years. No one was convicted, and Thalidomide was quietly removed from the shelves.

Another lesson chalked up to “The dangers of playing God.”

The trouble is—and they keep…