Re:Clinical trials launch to test coronavirus treatments
by knzhou on Saturday February 15, 2020 @08:25PM
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This is an objection that could be raised against literally any clinical trial.
If we knew that a treatment was effective and safe, it would indeed be immoral to withhold it from people. But we don't know that. Finding that out is the whole point of having trials!
If we knew that a treatment was effective and safe, it would indeed be immoral to withhold it from people. But we don't know that. Finding that out is the whole point of having trials!