"NOTE: I am not sure of the proper grammar terms; I base my answer on lifelong use of the English language, including advanced degree in the arts and humanities." - I am not sure if people actually need to do this. Since when did we start talking about advanced degrees when it comes to language?
Also, shouldn't it be "including an advanced degree" or "including advanced degrees"?
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Engineers on the other hand just have more questions. What kind of degree? From what school? How is it relevant to English? How do I know you're not just making that up?
yeah ... their answer raised a number of questions in my head ... but then when I read that part about their degree, I didn't feel like spending time in that post at all
Basically the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has sent a request to the global body overseeing pharmacies, and this body must promptly reply with statistics, and include the code of the Request in its replies.
> Online Application Submission - If you submitted a name approval request online through CDI's Sircon.com - Business Entity Online Application, your message should include the date your request was submitted and the reference number you received by email.
> We also did not establish if the association of increased risk of in-hospital death with use of the drug regimens is linked directly to their cardiovascular risk, nor did we conduct a drug dose-response analysis of the observed risks.
We don't have the data to draw that conclusion, and the existing studies have serious flaws, like giving lethal doses of HCQ to dying patients
I'm not arguing that HCQ is or is not useful in treating COVID, just that the science that people are citing is bad and being interpreted poorly
Doesn't it seem odd that HCQ has been a perfectly safe drug for 30 years that millions of people have taken long term, and all the sudden if you have covid when you take it, it's deadly?
It doesn't add up, and lots of people have plenty of incentive to mislead you about its effectiveness, so be skeptical of everything you read about it
whether it supports or doesn't support it as a treatment
Doesn't it seem odd that HCQ has been a perfectly safe drug for 30 years that millions of people have taken long term, and all the sudden if you have covid when you take it, it's deadly? It's safe for those who have lupus and a form of rheumatism, I don't recall which. What does Dr. Fauci say?
@Mari-LouA I don't believe a nursing studies teacher over this guy, who says the science is being abused:
> Winner of the prestigious Thomson Medal (2016) and the former president of the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation, Eberlin is recognized worldwide as one of the most productive mass spectrometrists ever, having published close to 1,000 scientific articles. He discovered the Eberlin Reaction during his work on gas phase ion chemistry, and he and his research group introduced EASI (Easy Ambient Sonic-spray Ionization), an ionization technique used in mass spectrometry.
Hm, I don't know much about that, but I think that's the least controversial part of such a claim. A drug having negative effects for a certain condition? Why is that unbelievable?
Hm, yeah also: "Eberlin is an advocate of intelligent design in Brazil, a pseudoscience on which he also lectures and he has signed the Dissent From Darwinism statement. He is a creationist also, and has said that evolution theory is a fallacy."
Controversial guy. I say ignore completely and find a more reliable source.
“nursing studies teacher“ what a snide remark, I'm surprised. However, Dr. Campbell is "… is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing studies" EDITED: Watch the video on YouTube, it's jam packed with data.
Someone recently said "What have you got to lose?" and "“You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the front-line workers before you catch it. The front-line workers, many, many are taking it.” I'd be hugely skeptical of that person integrity and his understanding of the science.
Why? HCQ + zinc is not dangerous for most people without comorbidity factors, so from a purely risk management perspective it makes sense to take it early on in reasonable dosages even if it only may work
Believe what you want to believe. I have cited reputable medical journals, real life doctors and one of the most prestigious American newspapers. I'm not spouting my opinion or belief, I limit myself to the data and to facts.
@Mari-LouA No, you're limiting yourself to a particular interpretation of data
There's a difference
But that's fine. We can't all be experts at data modeling and statistics and experiment design
I'm just trying to point out that you shouldn't be as certain as you seem
I think it is possible that HCQ is not an effective treatment for COVID. I also think HCQ+zinc may be effective in some situations. I don't think anyone knows for certain one way or the other yet.
Yeah, they're pumping out studies quickly, at the cost of rigor, and it doesn't help that some of this stuff has been politicized. Since I'm not an expert of any sort, I don't know if a study was conducted properly, so I can only choose to trust whoever can validate and interpret these results.
So I'll remain skeptical until some sort of consensus has been reached.
@Mari @Colleen as a person who's only very slightly qualified to opine on the opinions: - An analytical chemist is not qualified to have a say on it. His success only means we should probably trust him more to apply the scientific method and skepticism to his own claims, but if you didn't take a simple biochemistry course, no cigar. - There are a few of these "letters" around. I saw one the other day, 500 "scientists", signing a paper that the global warming is a hoax. A truly scientific analysis or review of HCQ or its studies would be more likely published in a reputable journal rather th…
@M.A.R. Thanks. Just to clarify, I picked that one particular open letter not because it supported HCQ use or not but because it promoted the view that there's no such thing as "science says this is a fact".
There's just "we did some science and there's strong evidence that this particular thing might be true with this long list of caveats."
I'm a bit frustrated when people try to short circuit the normal flow of scientific inquiry by trying to insist that there's a conclusion too soon.
> It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. ...Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber.
It's a reminder that there's a difference between what we think we know, and what we actually know
I have noticed that some editors don’t consider correcting grammatical errors in questions, why is that? In my opinion, grammatical errors should be corrected so that the asker of the question becomes aware of the mistakes he/she has made.
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What's the difference between the two following sentences? This site says any could also be used with singular nouns in if clauses when it means any kind of. Is it true? Are both following sentence correct?
If you have any questions, please let me know.
If you have any question, please let me k...
I have noticed that some editors don’t consider correcting grammatical errors in questions, why is that? In my opinion, grammatical errors should be corrected so that the asker of the question becomes aware of the mistakes he/she has made.
Should we correct grammatical errors while editing a qu...
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