I heard about this trial on the news this morning. The "significant" differences did not look clinically meaningful to me. The relative difference always looks good, but the absolute difference looks very small.

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RT @EWidera: 1 in 6 adults with chronic medical conditions experienced persistent loneliness attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rates wer….

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RT @HealthInAging: Researchers found that COVID-19 death rates were more than three times higher at U.S. nursing homes with the highest pro….

RT @AGSJournal: Incorporating Outcomes that Matter to Older Adults into Surgical Research. #geriatrics

RT @geri_doc: Amen

RT @AGSJournal: Aged Care Emergency (ACE) program supports nursing homes to reduced hospital admissions and ED visits by 20%. Collaboration….

RT @joshuy: @DavidCGrabowski I have no idea how I missed this but this is by far the best thing I’ve read on how to improve NH’s. I’m texti….

RT @AGSJournal: Billed Advance Care Planning visits were relatively uncommon among Medicare decedents (6.3%), but their occurrence was ass….

RT @AGSJournal: Harms and Benefits of Subcutaneous Hydration in Older Patients: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. #geriatrics #HAPC http….

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RT @CDCgov: Masks can help prevent the spread of #COVID19 when they are widely used in public. When you wear a mask, you can help protect t….

RT @NathanStall: "#COVID19 in Nursing Homes: Calming the Perfect Storm". Tour de force review of public health, policy, resource and clinic….

RT @themoruknow: Great insight into the details of transmission in a nursing home setting.

RT @drjohnmorley: This is absolutely essential.

RT @kathleenunroe: Philadelphia nursing homes need help, not blame | Expert Opinion via @phillyinquirer.

RT @themoruknow: Netherlands has nursing homes docs and highly professional nurses but still 40% of total death are in NH in areas where ma….