Reply to post: Re: Oh dear

Remember that clinical trial, promoted by President Trump, of a possible COVID-19 cure? So, so, so many questions...

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Anonymous Coward

Re: Oh dear

eager to see people die in the name of clinical double blind tests and peer review

Take 1000 people, and give them drug "X". 15 of them die from COVID-19.

What have you learned about the effectiveness of drug "X" against COVID-19? Absolutely Nothing.

Maybe those 15 would have died anyway, and you've wasted time & money that could have helped elsewhere.

Maybe 25 would have died without the drug and you've saved 10 lives, or maybe only 5 would have died, and you've killed 10 people.

Without clinical trials, double-blind tests and control groups you simply cannot know if drug "X" is helpful, harmless, or harmfull.

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