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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by sudosysgen on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:15AM (#29119568)
You don't need people to actually have covid to find side effects. So you don't need sick people in your control arm.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by CydeWeys on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:31AM (#29119800)
To be cleared though, both arms or the trial are people who have COVID. The control arm is not getting the drug. If there are side effects that occur in some combination with having COVID, they will find those.
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