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Safety data can be gained from epidemiology studies. There is more than one way to work out if a treatment is safe and effective.
by danieltillett 7y ago
Safety data can be gained from epidemiology studies. There is more than one way to work out if a treatment is safe and effective.
- Robotbeat 7y agoEpidemiological studies are much poorer than clinical trials. I’d rather have low-N but well controlled clinical trials than nebulous epidemiological studies.
- danieltillett 7y agoOf course, but in this pandemic we shouldn’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Waiting for the perfect vaccine to be developed will have a very high cost. There are no easy options here.