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I'm sure this is good work, but what's actually being tested? Weren't these the medicines the Chinese used in Hubei, what's the question left to ask after that?
by Arnt 7y ago
I'm sure this is good work, but what's actually being tested? Weren't these the medicines the Chinese used in Hubei, what's the question left to ask after that?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32031570 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32031570 was the top result when I googled. As a naïve bystander I don't understand the difference.
- SturgeonsLaw 7y agoOne of the least talked about things in science is the number of studies with results that aren't reproduced in subsequent attempts. More evidence is great.
- Arnt 7y agoA physician friend of mine explained it: If you're desperate by overwhelming numbers of patients, and there's a drug that may work, you do a "study", which means you give it to some of the patients and afterwards publish a paper with numbers based on the data you collect. Ie. some studies are motivated by battlefield desperation, not by scientific curiosity or someone's need for a publication.