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In the interest of free speech, here's a PDF with all the positive trials for HCQ: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6y3L_KGb1ilMW0FaP4VZsd7WvX2IU3z/view https

• chowells 6y ago
  I mean, I guess quackery is free speech. But it's awfully irresponsible to pretend it's good for society to spread it. Not everyone has the scientific knowledge necessary to understand p-values and what they mean for research like this. It's a lot to ask that everyone know the standard for publishing in medicine is a p-value < 0.05, which corresponds to a 5% chance of the study's results being wrong. It's a lot to ask that everyone be aware that there were 130 different studies on hydroxychloroquine and to do the math from there to determine that we'd expect 6 or 7 of them to be wrong. It's much better to say "just because it's not illegal doesn't mean it's a good idea" and just not share such thoroughly bad information.