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> I know this is not placebo because often in the past if I got the flu it would lead to pneumonia. Since dosing I have not had a single case of it. Just becau
by shepherdjerred 3y ago
> I know this is not placebo because often in the past if I got the flu it would lead to pneumonia. Since dosing I have not had a single case of it.
Just because something worked doesn't mean it wasn't a placebo.
- pan69 3y agoWhy would it be a placebo? Vit D can literally be measured, not?
- HellzStormer 3y agoWhen talking about placebo effect, it's the idea that the same thing could have happened taking a fake pill, just because the mind knows you are taking something that should have an effect. Sure, the vitamin D in his blood may increase, but the anecdote of "it works" is about him getting sick less. And that could be a placebo effect and any sake pill would have had the same effect. And the placebo effect can happen even when the person knows it's a fake pill.
- shepherdjerred 3y agoThank you for explaining that so well! I wasn't sure exactly how to phrase it.