On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:33 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:11 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Only a fool would look to an imbecile and congenital liar such as >>> Donald J Trump for medacal advice. There will always be scientific >>> contrarians about anything but I look to the latest scientific consensus >>> for my medacal advice, and the more recent it is the more it says >>> hydroxychloroquine is worthless or even harmful in the treatment of >>> COVID-19. >>> >> >> > *If your first thought as to the efficacy of a particular medication >> is to point to what a particular politician said, * >> > > Historically if you had bet that the exact opposite of what that particular > American politician had said was true then you would've won your bet far > far more often than you'd expect by random chance. However Induction is not > perfect so it can't give a guarantee of future success, but it's a pretty > damn good rule of thumb. > > *> then I fear you may not be using the scientific method. * > > > I believe part of the scientific method is believing that what the > consensus of the scientific community says is far more likely to be closer > to the truth than what a right wing fascist president with a room > temperature IQ (in Centigrade) says. > > The scientific consensus is based on scientific studies, is it not? *Every single study* <https://c19study.com/> (dozens of them) that investigated early and prophylactic use of HCQ showed a benefit, without exception. So then, what is the scientific consensus on early/prophylactic use? Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUhxABR9hSp94m77bwAi1ixjEV8Gy4%2BSKJZ712NLxrJudA%40mail.gmail.com.
