We’re now into the ninth month since sequencing of the genome of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. And this is the…
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Covid-19 Phase 3 Results in Sight for Some, While One Vaccine is Put on Hold: Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Month 9Read more
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Covid-19 The FDA’s Epic Statistical Fail & Worse: Has Informed Consent Been Made Next To Impossible?Read more
Enthusiasm for an experimental intervention often gets the better of doctors’ critical thinking. I think that happened with the advocates for Covid-19…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Contrasts & Massive Volunteer Mobilization: Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Month 8Read more
We’re now into the eighth month since sequencing of the genome of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. And this is the…
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Covid-19 The Clinical Trial Results Stampede Begins: Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Month 7Read more
We’re now into the seventh month since sequencing of the genome of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. This is the second…
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Covid-19 Study Publications Must Be Up-To-Date in Covid Time & That New Hydroxychloroquine StudyRead more
When I woke up yesterday morning, I saw that hydroxychloroquine had become a trending topic on Twitter again overnight. And – good…
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Covid-19 Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Month 6: First Emergency Use & Phase 3 TrialsRead more
We’re now into the sixth month since the genome of the new coronavirus was sequenced. Twelve to 18 months is the soonest…
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Evidence Science Heroes and DisillusionRead more
“Never have heroes” – I’ve heard some version of that a lot in the last couple of months, from people disillusioned by…
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Bias Let’s Be Serious About Bias in Protocols of Systematic ReviewsRead more
A detailed pre-specified protocol is supposed to be the superpower of a systematic review: its contents literally put the “systematic” into review…
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Covid-19 Reasons to Worry Less About the Explosion of PreprintsRead more
It looks as though preprints are here to stay in biomedicine, and I think that’s great. But I’ve been hearing variants of…
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Bias A Cartoon Guide to Conflict of Interest Claims, Fair & FoulRead more
Claims of conflicts of interest have been one of the – let’s call it interesting – parts of being in debates…
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Covid-19 The Limits of Those Reviews of Masks For All and What We Do KnowRead more
Have you noticed that you see so many pictures of people wearing face masks during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic, but you don’t…
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Covid-19 First in Human: Covid-19 Vaccines & Tales of Phase 1 Clinical Trials PastRead more
The people who sign up for the first-in-human trials of Covid-19 vaccines are about to do our societies an extraordinary service. Most…