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minus-square Dippy ( @Dippy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBecause it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience
minus-square AbeilleVegane ( @AbeilleVegane@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?
minus-square Dippy ( @Dippy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s not what AIDs patients patients wanted. or trans youth seeking puberty blockers to reduce their suicidal thoughts wanted.
minus-square AbeilleVegane ( @AbeilleVegane@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI get that, but am I wrong?
Because it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience
I suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?
That’s not what AIDs patients patients wanted. or trans youth seeking puberty blockers to reduce their suicidal thoughts wanted.
I get that, but am I wrong?