Some Ebola Patients Should Get Placebo in Drug Tests: FDA

Bloomberg ^ | November 5, 2014

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>>How many US patients have received placebos so far?

Here was one:

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An Ebola patient treated in the U.S. chose to remain anonymous. Now he’s telling his story.
Boston.com ^ | 28 Dec 2019 | Lenny Bernstein

With Ebola spreading across West Africa, an experimental drug called ZMapp had been rushed into clinical testing. Seventy-two people, most of them in Africa, would be enrolled in two groups: those given the drug; and those kept on the standard care of fluids, medication and support. The doctors asked Gorman whether he wanted to be part of the trial. He agreed.

But a computer randomized him to the control group. There would be no ZMapp for him.

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Consider how they are reacting to “Trump pills” these days