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"it is quite likely the drug is doing nothing"

The only way to be sure that the drug is doing nothing is to repress the placebo effect as much as possible.

There are people dying or suffering that could be helped with drugs that failed the placebo test. (Some of them could even have been helped with the placebos themselves)




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