Surprise! An institute named after a megadose vitamin-C whackadoodle is pushing the idea that large doses vitamin C reduces illness duration. I'm shocked.<p>I mean, it's possible, but what a junk study.
Please spare us from reports of studies with few subjects (n < 50), based on subjective self-report, and with results reported that were unintended by the study's design.<p>It's just p-hacking or random chance and a news outlet's way of generating clicks for itself. These findings are made public, and then almost always quietly disappear into the churn of other scientific ideas of dubious validity.<p>If only the follow-up, larger (n >> 50) study that later is conducted that reports negative results was as widely reported and disseminated.