1/4 From one science source on front lines against Covid: "Two stages to investigations: a)quick search for low-hanging fruit & clear/obvious trends b)the slow,detailed, messy slog through seemingly muddled and contradictory results in total (not just selective data, anecdotes)
2/4 There is actually quite a bit of low hanging fruit here: young seem ok (different than the 1917 flu), old and co-morbidities r bad, rarer but harsh effects on middle aged folks, Many folks w no symptoms, etc. 'But I think we r entering the second stage: slow slog. Messy,
3/4 few people, even “experts”, have the patience, diligence, objectivity etc. to sort the wheat from the chaff. Hydrozychloroquine is just one example: as all drugs have side effects, is the tremendous resistance objective or political?
4/4 Anecdote from Italy: of 65,000 lupus and RA patients on it only 20 tested positive for the virus (0.03%)
