Lynn Shaffer's Research Essentials
The essentials for interpreting research and statistics
Abstract for this post: The article that is the subject of this post was not written by someone who said, “I wonder …” The paper for this review is “Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online.” I’m going to assume this paper was intended to describe a scientific…
A pre-print published online July 1 by the International Journal of Infectious Diseases has invigorated the discussion around hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. This is an analysis of patients treated at Henry Ford Health System in southeast Michigan. Henry Ford is a large and mature health system known for its high quality care. You…
My brother recently made me aware of a randomized trial testing whether famotidine (brand name: Pepcid) can prevent bad outcomes in patients with COVID-19. The idea for this came from an infectious disease physician, Michael Callahan, who was working in China when the coronavirus outbreak hit and went to Wuhan to study (?) it. Dr.…