I’m not a skeptic, but I am a bit surprised that three infected lab workers is considered evidence worth mentioning. I’m accustomed to seeing clinical studies with fewer than 100 patients treated as merely suggestive, and several hundred or even thousands of patients necessary to convince regulatory authorities that there is a real phenomenon. So when I read that “three laboratory workers...became infected”, it strikes me as anecdotal. Of course you take what you can get, but still, it seems a small group.
My experience is with pharmaceuticals, which could explain the difference. But still, there’s a difference to be explained.
On the upside, if three is worth mentioning, then maybe one is worth mentioning, which would mean that Seth Roberts’s self-experimentation may be worthwhile.
I’m not a skeptic, but I am a bit surprised that three infected lab workers is considered evidence worth mentioning. I’m accustomed to seeing clinical studies with fewer than 100 patients treated as merely suggestive, and several hundred or even thousands of patients necessary to convince regulatory authorities that there is a real phenomenon. So when I read that “three laboratory workers...became infected”, it strikes me as anecdotal. Of course you take what you can get, but still, it seems a small group.
My experience is with pharmaceuticals, which could explain the difference. But still, there’s a difference to be explained.
On the upside, if three is worth mentioning, then maybe one is worth mentioning, which would mean that Seth Roberts’s self-experimentation may be worthwhile.