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Heres_your_sign t1_j0o346n wrote

Irresponsible article. Not only is it speculative, but now people who depend on it for survival will have to deal with "supply chain" issues.

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RamboNation t1_j0ob2r1 wrote

I don't agree that it is irresponsible. If the drug has this unexpected beneficial effect it's important to publish the finding so more research can be done or production increased. Also the article was fairly straightforward about the results, discussing the theory, tests done in hamsters, human organs, and a natural experiment of people already taking the drug. What would be irresponsible would be folks rushing out to get the drug before a more thorough study, but that's the responsibility of the reader I suppose.

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HighNoon1200 t1_j0odw4d wrote

Which you can’t assume readers will be responsible with this information. Therefore, an irresponsible article.

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the-mighty-kira t1_j0oexh1 wrote

Doctors still need to prescribe it, which they aren’t going to do strictly on a patient saying they read an article about it

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HighNoon1200 t1_j0pnwbb wrote

That’s what all of US healthcare is. “I saw an ad for this medicine you think I should take it?”

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the-mighty-kira t1_j0qns2l wrote

You’re missing the other half of that though. Pharma companies also heavily push ads, samples, white papers, etc to the doctors. This means that if the patient brings it up, the doctor will have likely heard of it and be more likely to prescribe. Barring that, a doctor isn’t going to risk a malpractice suit for prescribing a drug that may injure their patient

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Cyathem t1_j0phli1 wrote

>Which you can’t assume readers will be responsible with this information. Therefore, an irresponsible article.

"Lay people cannot be trusted with information. They are too stupid to think for themselves and need to be told what to think."

What an anti-scientific take. Do better.

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HighNoon1200 t1_j0po4xu wrote

No there’s no reason to rush out an under researched article. Science needs to do better.

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Cyathem t1_j0qsunq wrote

It's not rushed out. If you read the actual paper, it literally says across every single page that it is still in the process of review. If you choose to disregard that information and take it as truth, that's you not understanding how the system works. It's no fault of the researchers and no indication of the quality of the research.

Source: I write and publish scientific papers for work.

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slowdowndowndown t1_j0oembn wrote

Ya, look at these jerks trying to find solutions for Covid. So irresponsible.

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IndigoFenix t1_j0pt208 wrote

The scientists are trying to find solutions for Covid. The reporters presenting a preliminary in-vitro study as a potential treatment using a headline that they absolutely know will stir up anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists, because it will get them more attention (very similar to the whole Ivermectin debacle), is irresponsible.

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TerritoryTracks t1_j0ow9u5 wrote

All information is dangerous. Can't just silence everything because some fruit cake will take it the wrong way.

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