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But there is more to this #hydroxychloroquine study than just the results, and there are things that as scientists I think we should discuss.
Maybe get a coffee and read on:
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Maybe get a coffee and read on:
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This study has presented some disruptive innovations:
-a multicentre, international observational study aligning very different datasets to one data model
https://www.ohdsi.org/data-standardization/the-common-data-model/
-a level of radical transparency of:
study design
http://www.encepp.eu/encepp/viewResource.htm?id=3620
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-a multicentre, international observational study aligning very different datasets to one data model
https://www.ohdsi.org/data-standardization/the-common-data-model/
-a level of radical transparency of:
study design
http://www.encepp.eu/encepp/viewResource.htm?id=3620
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of analysis (all code here)
https://github.com/ohdsi-studies/Covid19EstimationHydroxychloroquine
and results (incl all diagnostic tools)
http://evidence.ohdsi.org:3838/Covid19EstimationHydroxychloroquine/
It built on decades of development to enable full reproducibility, and encouraged an open debate in a time of fake news and mainstream media focus on science
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https://github.com/ohdsi-studies/Covid19EstimationHydroxychloroquine
and results (incl all diagnostic tools)
http://evidence.ohdsi.org:3838/Covid19EstimationHydroxychloroquine/
It built on decades of development to enable full reproducibility, and encouraged an open debate in a time of fake news and mainstream media focus on science
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not everyone liked these things. The #COVID19 pandemic appeared to heighten the concern of a paradigm shift, and a hesitancy towards research outside the traditional hierarchy whilst our pre-print changed policy https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/covid-19-reminder-risk-serious-side-effects-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine
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'pandemic exceptionalism' is something we should all ponder, with the hope of improving the science of the future and of ensuring our efforts are best spent.I hope that this study enables us to debate how we move research forward
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6490/476
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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6490/476
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As the psychologist Adam Grant said
'the greatest tragedy of mankind comes from the inability of people to have thoughtful disagreement to find out what is true'
end. (holds breath)
'the greatest tragedy of mankind comes from the inability of people to have thoughtful disagreement to find out what is true'
end. (holds breath)
