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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold
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To: DanZ who wrote (4113)3/15/2002 1:11:57 PM
From: Hank   of 5582
 
"If the study didn't conclude that Zicam was effective, why would it have been submitted for publication and why is it being presented at the conference?"

Obviously, they will claim the results are positive. Whether or not the experiments were conducted in a manner that is consistent with this conclusion remains to be determined. As for "why" the poster is being presented, it's quite obvious that it is for "media attention" in the form of a worthless press release.

"If the subjects weren't known to have a rhinovirus, why did the press release say they did?"

Oh, I'm sure they did a study similar to Dr. Turner's wherein subjects were intentionally infected with only one or two strains of rhinovirus out of the more than 200+ viruses known to cause cold symptoms. At best, they will get to claim that Ziscam is effective on at least 1% of all viruses known to cause colds. Epidemiologically, that means nothing.

"Of course one can't draw a conclusion about the validity of the research until they read it. I will reserve judgement on that until I read the paper when it is available."

Yes, and we all await your "expert unbiased opinion" with baited breath.

"If you were reasonable, you would do the same thing instead of concluding that the research is rotten before you have even seen it."

I didn't say it was rotten. I simply said that submitting a poster at a scientific meeting does not imply the results are valid. I SUSPECT the results are rotten based on their previously published results, which demonstrated their willingness to draw broad conclusions from weak and incomplete data.
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