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This appears to be quite a breakthrough if it can cut hospitalization by 90%.

• tinus_hn 6y ago
  Time to do a few slightly larger scale studies, and then some even larger ones. We’ll have the results in 6 months already! My guess? 14 studies with positive results like this, and one that shows no effect. So the WHO will put out a statement that no, scientific meta studies show this clearly doesn’t work and should never be used.
  • FuckButtons 6y ago
    Throughout the pandemic we have seen many small studies that have had small hints of efficacy which later shows up as a null result in larger studies. Mostly this can be attributed to various sources of statical noise. In this case though, a 90% reduction is unlikely to be a null result, even though it is likely to be an overestimate. The signal is much higher than the background.