On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:33 PM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:11 PM Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUhxABR9hSp94m77bwAi1ixjEV8Gy4%2BSKJZ712NLxrJudA%40mail.gmail.com.
