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2020-04-23 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir flops in China trial: reports

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-23 14:26|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 For all the braying about the need for studies as the only source of actual evidence, people forget just how ambiguous studies can be. As a particularly egregious example, just consider nutritional studies. Are eggs good for you?

Posted by Iblis 2020-04-23 15:04|| 2020-04-23 15:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes. Like polls, it's all about who is asking, what is being asked and how it is being asked. Oh, and then the results have to be normalized.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-23 15:15|| 2020-04-23 15:15|| Front Page Top

#3 This is sorta important:

Health news site STAT also reported on the document, noting that the data from the study are likely imperfect. The trial, it reported, was ended prematurely, which could have affected the results.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-23 15:29|| 2020-04-23 15:29|| Front Page Top

#4 BLUF: WHO overexcited about a partially completed small-scale preliminary study that may or may not provide meaningful results, unlike the much better studies that are to come.

Scientists, in one metaphor, are ants, each bringing her crumb to the ant hill. Eventually there are enough crumbs to make a feast.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-23 15:30|| 2020-04-23 15:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Almost seems like a hit piece by FT. Who uses the word "flops" when a drug fails in the clinical phase process?

(I later read that this release was a mistake. Sure, but look at the SPY or QQQ and look at how it tanked a few hours ago. Suspect.)

Posted by Clem 2020-04-23 15:34|| 2020-04-23 15:34|| Front Page Top

#6 SS, WHO edition

Posted by Lex 2020-04-23 15:35|| 2020-04-23 15:35|| Front Page Top

#7 I thought China was completely free of COVID-19 cases. Where are they finding the new patients?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-04-23 16:50|| 2020-04-23 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 So if China or WHO (but I repeat myself) says it doesn't work, that must mean it does...

Posted by Glenmore 2020-04-23 17:29|| 2020-04-23 17:29|| Front Page Top

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