Blakut t1_j8yyc0f wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:18 PM

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yeah, no, giving the average joe access to medical research journals won't mean faster cures. How would that work?

fabulousrice t1_j8yyxpz wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:23 PM

Some “average joe” can try different things to help their medical condition and get results and no one would hear about it. Condition X is treated with medication Y in country Z but 90% of people get nasty side effects but hey it’s good for business. In county W, people treat it with medication V which has less side effects and is cheaper or even free. How would people in country Z hear about it?

Blakut t1_j90rtj7 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 10:15 AM

That's why you publish the results. Average joe can access them too if he pays whatever 15 bucks to the journal or via scihub for free, but he can't understand what's inthe paper and has no equipment so he can't do anything. Most journals are free access now yet no average joe reads them anyway.

fabulousrice t1_j9234ui wrote on February 18, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Your comment is exactly what I’m trying to point out. If data collection was easy and free, a lot of times science would prove itself wrong. Long term effects of medication for example, is massively under studied (even short term to be honest), so pharmaceutical companies just write insane list of possible side effects even if they don’t apply to you. One example of many