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Trisha Greenhalgh 😷 #CovidIsAirborne
trishgreenhalgh
Pondering whether COVID-19 will be evidence-based medicine’s nemesis. Having saved lives for 25 years, EBM (narrowly interpreted) will now tend to increase deaths. Not yet convinced, but worried. 1/ As
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Bogdan Enache
bogdienache
Prof. Raoult in Marseille, an international star of the COVID pandemic, has very strong opinions on evidence based medicine.I share bits, in my own (unauthorized) translation for educational purposes. Full
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Margaret McCartney
mgtmccartney
potential harms: false reassurance-> sub/un/conscious/deliberate increased risky behaviours. false reassurance-> policy makers relax restrictions assuming efficacy. social issues: communication, for lipreading/deaf people, issues folk with cogn
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Sam Edwards
samedwardsmd
Our letter to the editor in @NEJM on the @CamdenHealth Hotspotting RCT is out today.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001920#.Xs8sLXg5gik.twitterA thread explaining our thinking. Our basic point is that RCTs are not the most infor
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Michael Baum
MichaelBaum11
I've been inspired to initiate a debate about the comparisons in outcomes between different countries in their efforts to deal with the corona virus pandemic, by this graph posted by
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David Juurlink
DavidJuurlink
Last week I was interviewed for a podcast about hydroxychloroquine.As we were wrapping up, the producer interjected and asked “Some doctors say it works, others say it doesn’t. As a
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Eric Topol
EricTopol
Just published @TheLancet The largest study of hydroxychloroquine shows a significant increase in death (~35%) and >2-fold increase of serious heart arrhythmias. ~96,000 patients, ~15,000 on HCQ or CQ from
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Vincent Rajkumar
VincentRK
It’s easy to say the convalescent plasma trial should have been a large randomized trial. But there is no Moderna behind a plasma RCT. It was designed at the start
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Daniel Reeders
engagedpractx
This piece suggests infection can be caused by a person with Covid-19 merely breathing within a 2 metre radius.As evidence it cites a letter that lists an assortment of studies
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James Todaro, MD
JamesTodaroMD
1/ Dr. Fauci is misleading the American people when he says that randomized controlled trials have shown hydroxychloroquine to be ineffective.Here’s why. 2/ There's only one double-blind RCT on HCQ
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
Short Thread: VA study on Hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 getting a lot of attention.President Trump has been touting HCQ as a possible miracle drug.Study from the VA finds HIGHER mortality for
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Jeremy Farrar
JeremyFarrar
As with so many acute severe infectious diseases it is a delicate balancing act - the immune response is both essential & part of the problem.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/04/scientists-study-whether-immune-response-wards
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Kevin Bass, MS
kevinnbass
Many believe lifestyle change is a “privilege” enabled by high incomeYet:Weight loss works similarly across income in RCTsObesity is evenly distributed by incomePeople with higher income work more, vice versaThis
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Chris Clifford
11chrisclifford
1/10 Great working with @DChalloumas88 on this systematic review @BMJOpenSEM. Thanks also to @TendonGlasgow @LornaPaul and Grant Syme for all their input. https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/bmjosem/6/1/e000760.full.pdf 2/10 There has been s
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Pramesh CS
cspramesh
Why is there a shortage of Remdesivir, with family members desperately trying to procure it when it has been proven that it is no better than routine care? #EvidenceBasedMedicine There
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Vincent Rajkumar
VincentRK
Expertise and Experience matter, & go hand in hand with a good understanding of evidence based medicine (EBM). Experts and experienced physicians who dismiss EBM, and EBM proponents who dismiss
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