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Feb 6, 2021Liked by John Skylar, PhD

Great post and I love your content! I was just wondering how do we know that the suspected cases were tested by PCR and most of them turned out to be negative? I was looking at FDA briefing document and all they mention is (PCR) ''unconfirmed COVID-19''. Does ''unconfirmed COVID-19'' = PCR negative for COVID-19?

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Jan 15, 2021Liked by John Skylar, PhD

Huh. David Gorski pointed me to this:

https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-peter-doshi-attacking-about-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-trials/

Doshi is borderline antivax, apparently.

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Jan 15, 2021Liked by John Skylar, PhD

I think Dr. Doshi has fallen into the intellectual version of the sunk cost fallacy from economics. It feels "expensive" to abandon your "investment" in a position you've defended and advocated, even when in reality you're better off just moving on.

Note that I haven't read his blog and am relying on your summary.

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