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French Ministry of Health tweeting that is solid enough for me. But feel free to wait for scientific paper in 18 months!
by tomp 7y ago
French Ministry of Health tweeting that is solid enough for me.
But feel free to wait for scientific paper in 18 months!
- mattkrause 7y agoIt certainly makes sense as a precaution, but I'm surprised how widely this advice has spread. As near as I can tell, it's based on a) 4 sicker-than-expected youth who were taking NSAIDs b) a difficult-to-disentangle association and c) a plausible but by no means ironclad mechanism.
- tomp 7y agoThere's a difference between a void of evidence because there's little (or no) effect, vs. a void of evidence because the potential causal factor (and observations of it) (in this case: novel coronavirus) hasn't been present long enough to allow more/better evidence.