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Re:When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs by TylerE on Monday June 19, 2023 @02:40PM (#36394963)
Not always. In some cases, like rabies, the control group is 100% rate of death.
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Re:When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs by crote on Monday June 19, 2023 @11:23PM (#36399345)
It is not. There are known treatment protocols with a reasonable (25%-ish) survival rate. There is also strong evidence that some people simply develop antibodies for it, and survive it without a vaccination or any treatment at all. It is rare, but definitely possible.
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