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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. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

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      I want to comment briefly on why I find this particular website so infuriating and why I am confident in calling it disinformation. Dr. Fauci and many other health officials have stressed the importance of randomized controlled trials as the gold standard.https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1291837801512595457 …

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      Carl T. BergstromVerified account @CT_Bergstrom
      This is an infuriating new frontier in #COVID19 #disinformation. Here we a professional-looking website claiming to present results from a randomized controlled trial of hydrochloroquine. No authors or affiliations are listed, just a twitter account. https://hcqtrial.com/ 
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    2. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

      This very slick website presents what appears to be a research report using the language of randomly controlled trials, even talking about "assigning" countries to the control group or the treatment group.

      3 replies 14 retweets 135 likes
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    3. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

      We don't say randomized controlled trial, defenders of the website protest. We say country-randomized controlled trial, and that's a different thing. How many members of the public will know the difference? This is designed to confuse.

      1 reply 15 retweets 177 likes
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    4. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

      So what is a country-randomized controlled trial? It seems to be something *made up* entirely for this article. I did a searches on @google, Google scholar, @webofscience, and @scopus. The term "country-randomized controlled trial" has NEVER been used prior to this article.

      5 replies 29 retweets 220 likes
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    5. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

      Meanwhile the website's authors have recognized that they overstepped with their "assignment" language, and are rapidly backtracking—without the sort of changelog that any preprint server or reputable scientific outlet would require. Compare versions from 12 hours ago with now:pic.twitter.com/UrHOSEaYEL

      9 replies 28 retweets 226 likes
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    6. Carl T. Bergstrom‏Verified account @CT_Bergstrom 8 Aug 2020

      Given the aggressive misuse of randomized controlled trial terminology—a mistake no public health professional would make—and the subsequent half-retreat without notification, I find it extremely hard to see how this could be anything other than a deliberate attempt to confuse.

      13 replies 30 retweets 288 likes
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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 8 Aug 2020
      Replying to @CT_Bergstrom

      Oh, it’s astroturf, without a doubt.

      6:01 AM - 8 Aug 2020
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