If this pandemic has shown us nothing else, it's that the average very educated person is still pretty awful at critically appraising scientific evidence Just look at how many doctors prescribed themselves/family hydroxychloroquinehttps://twitter.com/MelissaLDavey/status/1255642837040852994 …
Sure, but every drug has side-effects. For example, the drug was discontinued due to respiratory failure in 7 patients taking remdesivir but only 1 in the placebo group
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They don't give a detailed explanation, but I'd imagine that discontinuing the drug (i.e. ending participation in the trial) is the more extreme measure here, and any respiratory failure is "serious" by definition I think
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