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Deenaz's avatar

I am a 70 yr old grandmother with no medical training but a longtime curiosity and I love your substack! I’ve learned so much and look forward to every post. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a thoughtful and accessible way.

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Brad Banko, MD, MS's avatar

We need to map some statistical guidelines such as these into LAWS that govern what the FDA and CDC can recommend or approve... Take away their ability to use arbitrary opinions and judgements (their behavior during the pandemic has proven to be especially bad along these lines)

with some appropriate requirement on the

BENEFIT -- absolute risk reduction over standard or best practice care measured in some improved QALY and cost metric

vs a comparable measurement of harm or increased risk from the studied treatment when necessary.

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