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minus-squareDippy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBecause it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience
minus-squareAbeilleVegane@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?
minus-squareDippy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s not what AIDs patients patients wanted. or trans youth seeking puberty blockers to reduce their suicidal thoughts wanted.
minus-squareAbeilleVegane@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI get that, but am I wrong?
Because it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience
I suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?
That’s not what AIDs patients patients wanted. or trans youth seeking puberty blockers to reduce their suicidal thoughts wanted.
I get that, but am I wrong?