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[Rogerdodger]

Is real "$cience" now about a 13 to 10 vote?

We are told to obey "$cience".

10 "$cientists" voted against the newest drug fearing that the drug could cause the virus to mutate.

Merck published data last week suggesting the drug was significantly less effective than previously thought.

But 13 voted for it anyway.

Which one is the real $cience? 

Do the most votes win at "$cience"? Really?

 

Do I get to vote?

 

Nov 30 (Reuters)

U.S. FDA panel narrowly backs Merck's at-home COVID-19 pill on a vote of 13 to 10

A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday narrowly voted to recommend the agency authorize Merck & Co's (MRK.N) antiviral pill to treat COVID-19.

The FDA's Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13-10 to recommend the agency authorize the drug after discussing concerns the drug could cause the virus to mutate as well as safety concerns about the potential for birth defects.

 

A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday narrowly voted to recommend the agency authorize Merck & Co's (MRK.N) antiviral pill to treat COVID-19.

If the FDA authorizes the drug, it would be the first at-home treatment for the virus nearly two years into the pandemic. The authorization would likely be limited to patients at high risk of developing severe disease, although the exact population would be defined by the agency.

 

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Merck & Co (MRK.N) said on Friday updated data from its study of its experimental COVID-19 pill showed the drug was significantly less effective in cutting hospitalizations and deaths than previously reported.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 30 November 2021 - 11:39 PM.

[jacek]

And this:

 

https://pubmed.ncbi....h.gov/33961695/

[Rogerdodger]

Even Galileo, the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science" was out-voted twenty-to-one by the poplar "Science experts".

 

                                    Galileo out voted 20 to 1

[fib_1618]

A little mood music if your pleasure...https://youtu.be/V83JR2IoI8k

 

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[colion]

"Consensus is the stuff of politics, not of science. Science proceeds by observation, hypothesis and experiment. Professional scientists rarely draw firm conclusions from a single article, but consider its contribution in the context of other publications and their own experience, knowledge, and speculations. The complexity of this process, and the uncertainties involved, are a major obstacle to meaningful understanding of scientific issues by non-scientists."

 

--- Professor Paul Reiter, Institute Pasteur, Paris

 

 

[claire]

"Consensus is the stuff of politics, not of science. Science proceeds by observation, hypothesis and experiment. Professional scientists rarely draw firm conclusions from a single article, but consider its contribution in the context of other publications and their own experience, knowledge, and speculations. The complexity of this process, and the uncertainties involved, are a major obstacle to meaningful understanding of scientific issues by non-scientists."

 

--- Professor Paul Reiter, Institute Pasteur, Paris

 

 

 

This is the most meaningful post relating to this subject and should be repeated on a daily basis.

[Rogerdodger]

"Science" Reality check:

It is good that scientists are not human and therefore never have impure motives nor prejudices and have no interest in prestige among their peers or profit.

They have no desire to be a television star, every day telling the entire world how to live.

Wink Wink LOL!

 

See: Deception in scientific research

Abstract Scientific fraud has been attributed to misdirected attempts to attain high levels of personal and professional success.  Scientific fraud, is often an act of deception or misrepresentation of one's own work in violation of  ethical standards. It can take the form of plagiarism, falsification of data, and irresponsible authorship.  Researchers so prone commit scientific fraud in a search for promotion, status, tenure, and the obtaining of research grants.

 

Then there are the ever-present preconceptions and misconceptions.

They are part of the history of science and we all have them!

 Consensus "Scientific" preconceived view: "The Earth is flat and the center of the universe."

Galileo was imprisoned simply for a different, non-consensus  scientific observation!

 

In unrelated headlines:

Nov 16, 2021 — Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna making $1,000 profit every second while world's poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 02 December 2021 - 10:58 AM.