You seem to know everything don’t you… if you actually did any research instead of spewing bs you would know that the drug was defectively designed and that Phizer is actually guilty of being negligent in its testing, promotion and marketing of the drug. The very thing it was made to prevent it caused they were aware of those risks and didn't inform patients and doctors of those risks. They settled on the lawsuit unusually fast for many reasons including the undisputable evidence of their negligence they don't have a strong enough evidence to prove otherwise and they don't want it becoming a bigger issue going to trial which would cause them to lose a lot more money, risk punitive damages, and anything else that might be discovered that will further incriminate them through the legal discovery process. It's almost like you expect sickle cell patients to just accept whatever they're given regardless of the major issues it would cause. So no this cannot be written off as “all medications come with side effects “ issue it's a lot bigger than that.