this looks really good and SOUNDS like results will develop in real-time instead of the fake studies NIH and FDA are sponsoring that won’t have results until July or August or even six months from now ...
still, with a 12.5% chance of being in the placebo group, i would refuse to be part of the study and demand the hydroxychloroquine/zith/zinc treatment ...
plus, i still don’t see how it’s even ethical to HAVE a placebo group for a study of a treatment being successfully used worldwide ...
“...plus, i still don’t see how it’s even ethical to HAVE a placebo group for a study of a treatment being successfully used worldwide ...”
Exactly! The FDA is loathe worldwide for insisting on these long, drawn out double blind studies, and if no comparable treatment exists, using a placebo. Worldwide, Physicians know and hate the ethics.
When likely outcomes are death or serious injury, telling patients that they might get the placebo, well, I truly feel bad for all involved. Except the friken FDA.
It’s why although most new drugs and med devices are developed in the USA, first clinical trials are often done in Europe or Brazil, etc. There, the rules are different. Individual med centers—hospitals—can sponsor studies, with saner placebo use. Smaller sample sizes, too.
Well known issue. Awful.