[Hiddigeigei]

Treating those who show infection will taint those results very much, no?
It depends on whether the study is designed to see if the treatment protects against infection or severity of illness after infection. If the subject is young and healthy, there's a good chance he/she isn't going to show severe symptoms anyway.

[dp0622]

Yeah that’s true.

I would hope they’d treat them.

I’ve read of studies with placebos where it was rally life and death and there was NO other treatment in the end stages.

Usually cancer drug tests.

I guess in that case some brave souls know there’s very little chance anyway and they do it to help others in the future.

This is a different situation, as you’ve pointed out.