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Placebo doesn't mean "no treatment" - it could be the standard therapy, while an experimental drug is matched up against it.
by cko 11y ago
Placebo doesn't mean "no treatment" - it could be the standard therapy, while an experimental drug is matched up against it.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoThen again, "nominal monthly income supplement" is the standard treatment for poverty in many places.
- cko 11y agoYup, so not unethical really. Especially when a higher monthly supplement might not have benefit over placebo.