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		sudosysgen on Nov 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalizat... You don't need people to actually have covid to find side effects. So you don't need sick people in your control arm.

CydeWeys on Nov 5, 2021 [–]

To be cleared though, both arms or the trial are people who have COVID. The control arm is not getting the drug. If there are side effects that occur in some combination with having COVID, they will find those.

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