ono to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agoWhat Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?www.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkWhat Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?www.scientificamerican.comono to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareDr Coglinkfedilink3•1 year agoNo we haven’t. We don’t prove negatives in science, or in medicine. We just know that in the studies we have performed, we have not noticed any meaningful effects and we can conclude there is likely no observable benefit to taking the drug for that purpose.
minus-squareVictor Villaslinkfedilink1•edit-21 year ago We don’t prove negatives in science That’s simply not true as a general statement lol it very much depends on the negative in question, or what you define as a negative
No we haven’t.
We don’t prove negatives in science, or in medicine. We just know that in the studies we have performed, we have not noticed any meaningful effects and we can conclude there is likely no observable benefit to taking the drug for that purpose.
That’s simply not true as a general statement lol it very much depends on the negative in question, or what you define as a negative