> They insist on not using other treatments outside clinical trials. The argument that running experiments would cost lives doesn't seem coherent.
Clinical trials are structured experiments which follow a certain protocol, ethical review, etc...
> It's not like we have this 100+ yrs practice of dealing with SARS-CoV-2 epidemic with well established protocols
We do have 100+ years of practice in dealing with various diseases, circumstances, including pandemics, etc... In that sense SARS-CoV-2 is nothing special.
Protocols have been developed to ensure that we actually gain knowledge, and not at the expense of the patients.
Should we skip on ethical review boards? Or patient confidentiality? Which part of a clinical study are you suggesting are superfluous?
Clinical trials are structured experiments which follow a certain protocol, ethical review, etc...
> It's not like we have this 100+ yrs practice of dealing with SARS-CoV-2 epidemic with well established protocols
We do have 100+ years of practice in dealing with various diseases, circumstances, including pandemics, etc... In that sense SARS-CoV-2 is nothing special. Protocols have been developed to ensure that we actually gain knowledge, and not at the expense of the patients.
Should we skip on ethical review boards? Or patient confidentiality? Which part of a clinical study are you suggesting are superfluous?