But wait... the experts told us theat Hydroxchorowhatthefuckever didn't work. Now the first studies show it cuts the death rate in half.Perhaps you should google hydroxychloroquine studies and read more than a single report.
Are the experts going to apologize to POTUS?
Experts ...lol. Originally Posted by texassapper
But there are a few things to consider about the Henry Ford Health System study. For one, it's not the same as the health system's much-publicized controlled clinical study of the drug.Note Trump took hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic measure...
That study, which is expected to wrap up later in July, was looking into hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis, or a preventive measure, for COVID-19 in frontline worker volunteers. Most importantly, it is randomized and double-blind — the "gold standard" of scientific studies — meaning that neither the person taking the medication nor the doctors administering the medication know if they're taking hydroxychloroquine or a placebo.
But the study that Henry Ford publicized last week (and that Trump was so fond of) was not randomized and double-blind, meaning that Henry Ford's doctors carefully selected who they gave the drugs to, causing some scientists to warn that it could have skewed the results.
Some of the patients in the study were also treated with a steroid called dexamethasone, which could have additionally impacted the findings. And Henry Ford excluded patients who had not yet been discharged from the hospital from its report — 10% of the study's subjects — which could have skewed the results further.
Perhaps you should google hydroxychloroquine studies and read more than a single report.
BTW, the study you refer to
Note Trump took hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic measure... Originally Posted by RX792P
confirmation bias is strong with the wingnuts on this site. they're dumb but think yelling loudly makes them seem smart but the stupidity shines through. Originally Posted by darkwaderI mean, multiple sources prove that hydroxy is actually an effective measure.
This is the dumbest strawman.I suggest you learn how not to argue like this. Originally Posted by AoiHow? In college a freshman requirement in the Sciences required philosophy 101 so that students could understand what a logical fallacy was, what a valid argument was, and generally cast a critical eye on how to construct a hypothesis. It was followed up by stats so that we could understand how numbers should be used to support an argument. And how they could be used to falsely represent even the opposite of what the results truly were.
How? In college a freshman requirement in the Sciences required philosophy 101 so that students could understand what a logical fallacy was, what a valid argument was, and generally cast a critical eye on how to construct a hypothesis. It was followed up by stats so that we could understand how numbers should be used to support an argument. And how they could be used to falsely represent even the opposite of what the results truly were.I mean, none of this is wrong.
Higher education doesn't bother with this anymore... FFS you have people claiming 2+2=4 is racist. I'd like to see them fly in a plane built with "diverse or inclusive math".
There is a REASON the education systems are failing. It's on purpose.... and it's all part of the goal of controlling an ignorant populace.... because ignorant people are subjects, educated people are citizens. Originally Posted by texassapper
Nah, science belongs to the bible thumpers and climate change deniers. Originally Posted by DirtyDJIf it was so real, why did they first say the earth was going to freeze, then say it was going to burn down, then say it's not MMGW, it's climate change, then say it causes more snow, then virtually every claim/projection of a calamity has NOT happened?