The fact that they don't have a control group is not a good sign:<p>> Mullane, while encouraged by the University of Chicago data, made clear her own hesitancy about drawing too many conclusions. “It’s always hard,” she said, because the severe trial doesn’t include a placebo group for comparison.<p>Here is some historical perspective about using placebos while people are getting infected and dying:<p>* <a href="https://rootsofprogress.org/polio-and-the-controversy-over-randomized-clinical-trials" rel="nofollow">https://rootsofprogress.org/polio-and-the-controversy-over-r...</a><p>* <a href="https://rootsofprogress.org/more-on-polio-and-randomized-clinical-trials" rel="nofollow">https://rootsofprogress.org/more-on-polio-and-randomized-cli...</a>
<i>At his wife’s urging, Michalak went to the University of Chicago Medicine hospital on Friday, April 3....and recovered enough to be discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, April 7.</i><p>That's pretty impressive to be a severe case of COVID and be discharged 4 days later.
Company says their product test performance is great. News at 11.<p>Cautiously optimistic, let's hope and see. And not be too disappointed if this turns out to be nothing.