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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by IAmEveryone on Monday March 23, 2020 @04:54PM (#22668632)
We have far more experience with AIDS, or heart attacks, or hair loss, or really any disease.

And yet trials for new medication against these diseases always include a control group.

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Re:About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial by bluecalm on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:06AM (#22675196)
Yeah because it's not urgent and it's a clean understood protocol. It's absolutely not optimal if your goal is to get to enough confidence fast.
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