There was a control group. Not sure why you think there wasn’t.
The jama link is in the upi article.
not sure what ‘treatment’ does when it takes 2 WEEKS to get test results back in most of the sunbelt. It’s all over but the shouting at that point.
And even the asymptomatic/mild cases incurred heart damage. Makes total sense. The virus binds to ACE2 receptors. Those are found in heart, kidney, gut lining and testicles.
Wonder when someone is going to ‘sack up’ and do the same study on ‘recovered’ patients wrt male hormones and swimmer count...
There’s a *reason* china is NOT going herd with this thing.
Looked again and see no control group.
It’s an observational study.
I’m not saying to discard it’s observations.