Correct downsides! Another is that when people physically have medication already from a handout, they often just take that no matter what sickness they get, which can be really dangerous.
Along a similar ish lines, there has been a bunch of research though on giving all newborns for example antibiotics and prophylactic malaria treatment, and in some high risk circumstances just swallowing antibiotics even when you are not sick may do more good than harm. It’s complicated.
Correct downsides! Another is that when people physically have medication already from a handout, they often just take that no matter what sickness they get, which can be really dangerous.
Along a similar ish lines, there has been a bunch of research though on giving all newborns for example antibiotics and prophylactic malaria treatment, and in some high risk circumstances just swallowing antibiotics even when you are not sick may do more good than harm. It’s complicated.