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jooly · Post by **jooly** » 23-11-2005 15:52

<----Archangelica

You randomly select patients either to receive the treatment or a placebo. Ideally it should also be double blinded, meaning neither the patient nor the person treating them knows who's getting the real treatment. Then you look to see if there's a statistically significant difference in how well the patients do.

*smile*

Nicky · Post by **Nicky** » 23-11-2005 15:52

<-----Giggle

*smiles*

Kex · Post by **Kex** » 23-11-2005 15:53

*thinks about that* But - you can't give dying patients a placebo, can you? I mean, if you just switched the light on, I weren't alive now, right? So your method works!

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 23-11-2005 15:54

<----Archangelica

No, ethically you have to give them the most effective known treatment, rather than a placabo.

Kex · Post by **Kex** » 23-11-2005 15:55

*smiles* See?

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 23-11-2005 15:57

<----Archangelica

The most effective, previously proven treatment. Which would have been to try and resucitate you and hope Tinman didn't die in the meantime.

steviehouse · Post by **steviehouse** » 23-11-2005 15:57

<----- Garfie

*eventually notices everyone else in the room*
Morning Everyone!
*surprised to see so many people awake at once*

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 23-11-2005 15:58

Mee too

<----Archangelica

Hi, Garfie. It's like a cocktail party in here right now.

Kex · Post by **Kex** » 23-11-2005 15:58

*shocked* That doesn't sound very effective. Especially not if TinMan were dying because of me!

Nicky · Post by **Nicky** » 23-11-2005 15:59

<-----Giggle

*listens ad looks around*

nighthawk263 · Post by **nighthawk263** » 23-11-2005 15:59

It is odd for this many people to be on, hasn't been in a long time.

<------ Tin Man

Good morning garfie!

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 23-11-2005 15:59

<----Archangelica

No, that's why i bit the bullet and used my... ability. But I feel bad, because it may not have worked, and it may still leave you with side effects. I have no way of knowing.

Kex · Post by **Kex** » 23-11-2005 16:01

*smiles* Right now the only side effect is that I'm alive.
And I won't blame you for anything else that might happen to me, okay?

nighthawk263 · Post by **nighthawk263** » 23-11-2005 16:01

<------- Tin Man

*vanishes*
*whispers in kex's ear*you are going to have to talk to giggle once you two get alone
*reappears outside looking at the sky*

Post by **Kisa** » 23-11-2005 16:01

Quite unusual

<----- Annanagram

*just purring and leaning against Garfie*