On randomized trials

Friday updates

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

"Based on its immunological profile, it [Omicron & its subvariants] should be called SARS-3" science.org/content/articl… @GretchenVogel @NewsfromScience w/ @K_G_Andersen @Tuliodna @linfa_wang

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uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock

"Ration vaccines" wasn't something I thought we'd be hearing in 2022, but here we are. It's a result of poor preparation, underinvestment in public health, political polarization, and COVID minimization.

politico.comWhite House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse loomsThe government’s funds are running out. Tough decisions may soon present themselves.

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JoHo @JHowardBrainMD

Doctors who demand an RCT for *everything* generally haven’t done an RCT on *anything*. I discuss how easy it is to say “do an RCT” and how hard it is to actually do an RCT. It’s long. I hope you read it.

sciencebasedmedicine.orgMethodolatry and COVIDDoctors who call for an RCT for everything generally haven’t run a single RCT on anything. Why is this?