If someone publish a blog post claiming pretty much the cure for COVID-19. What should it contain for you tu believe it? #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
@tavoglc A testimonial from Peter Hotez.
@tavoglc a cure? Like a straight up cure? It would have to show a lot of receipts in the form of reputation peer reviewed blind studies. There would have to be a whole lot of information on effects on other COVID illnesses such as cold and flu. It would have to show methodology for arriving at conclusions and it would have to show failures as well as successes. The information would have to be disseminated through reputable sources.
@tavoglc Nothing, because they don't have the cure for COVID-19. Anyone publishing a blog post with such a claim is either a charlatan or not very bright.
The only exception: a blog post on a reputable institution's site with links to the double-blind NIH or other study proposal, including ethics clearances, and they have specific expertise and credentials as a research scientist working in the field the cure comes from, along with collaborators in e.g. cardiac, pulmonology, or microbiology.