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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by ExtremisAndy on Monday March 23, 2020 @04:40PM (#22668514)
> The vast majority of medical professionals are not researchers, and are not trained in evaluating clinical trial data. They are notoriously poor at assessing such information.

Citation, please. This is a very strong statement.

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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by refurb on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:25PM (#22668937)
As someone who works in drug development, this is very accurate.

Understanding, designing and executing clinical trials is an entire specialty within medicine. Your average doctor will be familiar with the concepts, but not necessarily adept at evaluating a clinical trial.

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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by zamfi on Monday March 23, 2020 @04:58PM (#22668672)
> The vast majority of software professionals are not researchers, and are not trained in evaluating computer science research. They are notoriously poor at assessing such information.

Seem less ridiculous?

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