I often recommend people set their mental compass to search for the scientific consensus on an issue. This is great in theory but this consensus is often an intangible idea. Where do you find it...
鈥淚t鈥檚 not a hoax! It鈥檚 not a hoax!鈥 Dr. Moses Turkle Bility, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, told me over Zoom. And I believe him.
Against what does a vaccine need to be tested in the context of a clinical trial? The answer that pops immediately to mind is 鈥渁 placebo.鈥 In the medical sciences, things get compared to placebos...