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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 5 Apr 2020

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Yashar Ali  🐘

      These people are so full of Dunning-Kruger that an economic advisor like Peter Navarro thinks he can science better than Anthony Fauci.🙄🤦🏻‍♂️https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1246939406876827648 …

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      Yashar Ali  🐘Verified account @yashar
      New: A huge battled erupted yesterday in the Situation Room between Dr. Fauci and Peter Navarro The argument was over hydroxychloroquine and things went off the rails when Fauci said most of the evidence was anecdotal leading Navarro to lose his temper https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-sneak-peek-c6325dc6-960a-41e3-8fe0-23ad9ec0471d.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0 …
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    2. jhn107‏ @jhn71070 5 Apr 2020
      Replying to @gorskon

      I prefer evidence based medicine. But when that fails I'll take anecdotal evidence over no evidence at all. I believe plaquenil & clindamycin saved my sis' life. I want to see more testing but I don't want ppl denied potentially life saving treatment bcz politics.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 5 Apr 2020
      Replying to @jhn71070

      Anecdotal evidence is often VERY misleading. There is also a human bias to attribute good outcomes to “doing something,” whether that something was responsible for the good outcome or not. That’s why we need clinical trials.

      6:34 PM - 5 Apr 2020
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        2. jhn107‏ @jhn71070 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @gorskon

          For the most part, I agree. The idea of using plaquenil & other immunosuppressants didn't originate with politicians. It came from desperate docs. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it didn't. They'll come a time when we figure out why. In the meantime, we don't stop trying.

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        3. Sanjay Gill, MD, VTI(LVOT)π‏ @SanjayGill1 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @jhn71070 @gorskon

          We also have a large “case series” of hydroxychloroquine usage in Italy. They used it a lot. If there’s a signal, it doesn’t look large (quite sadly).

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        2. Mungo Henning‏ @mungohenning 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @jhn71070

          I marvel at the insight Sir Peter Medwar had on related matters. For example: https://www.quotetab.com/quote/by-peter-medawar/if-a-person-is-a-poorly-b-receives-treatment-intended-to-make-him-better-and …

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        3. jhn107‏ @jhn71070 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @mungohenning @gorskon

          Did Sir Peter Medwar ever argue we should deny potential treatments from dying patients because we've not done enough research to justify their use?

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        1. Rose-Marie Holt  🦄 🏳️‍🌈‏ @Rose_Marie_Holt 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @jhn71070

          Literally why we had to invent science.

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        2. jhn107‏ @jhn71070 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @JKramerDont_Buy @gorskon

          The best model I've seen is the Singapore study. Researchers actually compared the effects of a flu pandemic to a SARs-like pandemic. But I don't know what that has to do with denying potentially life saving treatment to seriously ill patients.

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        1. palisadesfair‏ @palisadesfair 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @jhn71070

          Like quarantines and social distancing...

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        1. Chase40‏ @Chase4010 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @jhn71070

          This is one of the problems right now. Many covid patients. Are receiving plaquenil and azithromycin but it’s not doing anything at all for the most severe.

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