Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’
by jcims on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:14AM
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> Double-blind RCTs are the gold standard.
They are also extremely slow. Appropriate for efficacy testing of new treatments, not as much for public health messaging at the onset of a crisis.
It’s important to have a methodological basis for decision making in those early hours where information is sparse and of dubious quality. Without that, people panic and make short-sighted decisions that may undermine the legitimacy of their organization for years to come.
Re:Vitamin D: The truth about an alleged Covid ‘cover-up’
by bildung on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:29AM
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Yes absolutely. If things have to move fast, people/institutions have to refer to heuristics. But in my understanding this also is pretty much what the article described.
They are also extremely slow. Appropriate for efficacy testing of new treatments, not as much for public health messaging at the onset of a crisis.
It’s important to have a methodological basis for decision making in those early hours where information is sparse and of dubious quality. Without that, people panic and make short-sighted decisions that may undermine the legitimacy of their organization for years to come.