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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by throwaway5466 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:09AM (#22672715)
You mean "not worse". If almost everyone got cured there's hardly any leeway to be even better.
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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by cycrutchfield on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:11AM (#22672720)
The difference is not statistically significant is what I mean.
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Re:First hydroxychloroquine randomized controlled trial: res... by Reelin on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:24AM (#22672784)
There's a really important distinction to be made here though. "No better than placebo, and half the control group died" would mean it probably doesn't work. "No better than placebo, but no one needed to be hospitalized" presumably means that no medical care was required in the first place. If no medical care was required, then it will be impossible to demonstrate a positive drug effect by definition.
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