I agree with your comment that while empathy is much needed especially as you had a very traumatic experience with, what sounds like, a rogue doctor.
The commentator might be implying that your experience, while terrible, cannot justify denying the significant benefits accrued to the entire population. Personal experience is, of course, very important it cannot however guide general policy decisions for large populations. And, it should be noted, that if we all lived solely through the lens of personal experience we would still live in a what we would believe is a flat world and our scientific evidence would be scant.
Please dont try to belittle my experience by implying things you have no knowledge about.
Rogue doctor? no. I was used for an experiment in the year 1986 by the head ophthalmologist of the biggest clinic in the second largest city of the country where I am from. I was supposed to be screened every 6 months. From one of these "screenings", I came back with signed of an invasive operation. Weeks later, I was 100% blind. It turned out that this ophthalmologist in chief did all sorts of malicious things.
I even met another of his victims at my time in the school for the blind. And no, before you ask, he was never convicted for anything.
This is not a backward country mind you. At least we believe we are not. And we have a socialized medical system, so we pay nothing for hospital visits.
The commentator might be implying that your experience, while terrible, cannot justify denying the significant benefits accrued to the entire population. Personal experience is, of course, very important it cannot however guide general policy decisions for large populations. And, it should be noted, that if we all lived solely through the lens of personal experience we would still live in a what we would believe is a flat world and our scientific evidence would be scant.