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HN is the best place I've found to discuss medical stuff in a serious and sciency manner, for which I am endlessly grateful.

• eru 5y ago
  You might like https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ and Slate Star Codex.
  • Godel_unicode 5y ago
    Ah yes, the people who keep promoting ivermectin despite a mountain of evidence that it doesn't do what they wish it would. The idea that something is effective in one place but not in another, because although similar it's different in several important ways, seems to just be too much for them. It's unfortunate, really. It's also amazing to me that these people don't seem to have thought of the most obvious proof that it doesn't work: a publicly traded American big pharma company is saying very clearly "do not buy our product for treating COVID-19". One of the most distressing things to me about the last 2 years is the bright line that has been drawn under the innumeracy of the general population of the world. https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use...
    • dang 5y ago
      "Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html