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		IAmEveryone on March 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial We have far more experience with AIDS, or heart attacks, or hair loss, or really any disease. And yet trials for new medication against these diseases always include a control group.

bluecalm on March 24, 2020 [–]

Yeah because it's not urgent and it's a clean understood protocol. It's absolutely not optimal if your goal is to get to enough confidence fast.

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