I'm not really sure what the complaint is. The authors said, "we can't
double check this data, therefore it isn't good enough." They held their
own study to a high standard, it failed, and they retracted it. It
would have been better if they hadn't published it, but nevertheless
they were willing to admit a mistake.
Keep in mind there are /hundreds /of studies and clinical trials under
way. If a few get thrown out there will still be a strong body of
evidence. As of right now the evidence is still saying that
hydroxychloroquine is not effective as a treatment, but there is reason
to hope that it might work as a preventative. If the completion of more
studies leads to a different /stronger/ conclusion then of course we
should accept that. It's baffling to me that medical studies became a
political topic in the US, so I'm choosing to believe it really isn't one.
I'm not interested in discussing riots or protests here. Facebook is
littered with it.
On 6/8/2020 11:30 PM, justsumname . wrote:
I thought if it's not peer-reviewed, it's not real science.
No worries, it's not a thing. The big news now is, recently we
learned the absolute cure for COVID-19: Mass public gatherings and
riots.
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:59 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com
<mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
They bought the source data from a research company. When pressed
on how they acquired data on 96,000 cases the research company
replied that they aren't allowed to say due to confidentiality
agreements. Therefore the data can't be verified, therefore not
adequate for science.
Rather than believing the popular narrative that we were "tricked"
by evil scientists, I'm quite happy that science did it's job. By
contrast how often does a politician come back and say, "oh I
guess I was wrong about that"? How often does anyone do that?
On 6/7/2020 10:44 AM, justsumname . wrote:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext?utm_campaign=tlcoronavirus20&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
... I just can't believe it!
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