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In other words (and more neutrally), there have not been any randomized controlled trials of parachute intervention, so we do not have data to say whether they would work or not.

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spujb@lemmy.cafe ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This is satirizing the view of people who feel observational studies - studies in which everyone is treated with the experimental medicine and the response of the entire group is evaluated - aren’t clear enough or rigorous enough to prove that a drug works. True, these studies sometimes lack the clarity of a perfect randomized double-blind study, but as we see with the parachute, sometimes the results are pretty clear anyway. And in a life-or-death situation, no one wants to take the chance on a placebo. In other words, the “advocates of evidence based medicine” are being “challenged” with a little sarcasm. Inglis-Arkell 2014

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teft@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Imagine being part of that experiment.

“Here’s your parachute. Hope you aren’t part of the control group!”

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