the-mighty-kira
the-mighty-kira t1_j0oexh1 wrote
Reply to comment by HighNoon1200 in Cambridge scientists have shown that a widely-used drug to treat liver disease can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce COVID-19 severity by hot
Doctors still need to prescribe it, which they aren’t going to do strictly on a patient saying they read an article about it
the-mighty-kira t1_j0oerik wrote
Reply to comment by Acocke in Cambridge scientists have shown that a widely-used drug to treat liver disease can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce COVID-19 severity by hot
You’re right that it likely won’t get enough testing needed for this to be made an on-label use, but doctors prescribe off label all the time.
the-mighty-kira t1_iz2yn5l wrote
Reply to comment by luminarium in Study shows among low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods, that inexpensive, straightforward abandoned housing remediation was directly linked to significant relative reductions in weapons violations and gun assaults, and suggestive reductions in shootings. by Respawan
The ‘broken windows’ policing theory was that if you jailed people for things like possession or jumping turnstiles, you’d lower crime.
The original theory was that crime is lower if you fix the symptoms of disorder, e.g. fixing a window soon after it’s broken, rather that letting everything deteriorate.
the-mighty-kira t1_iz2q27n wrote
Reply to comment by AstroFeed in Study shows among low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods, that inexpensive, straightforward abandoned housing remediation was directly linked to significant relative reductions in weapons violations and gun assaults, and suggestive reductions in shootings. by Respawan
The original theory, not the bastardized ‘arrest black kids’ version pushed by cops
the-mighty-kira t1_j0qns2l wrote
Reply to comment by HighNoon1200 in Cambridge scientists have shown that a widely-used drug to treat liver disease can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce COVID-19 severity by hot
You’re missing the other half of that though. Pharma companies also heavily push ads, samples, white papers, etc to the doctors. This means that if the patient brings it up, the doctor will have likely heard of it and be more likely to prescribe. Barring that, a doctor isn’t going to risk a malpractice suit for prescribing a drug that may injure their patient