To the editor: Columnist Michael Hiltzik says: “Testing a vaccine against a true and appropriate placebo is when it is the first treatment for a disease for which there is no other safe and effective treatment. However, that is not the case, however, when a known treatment exists, for example, after a vaccine, it has been shown to be safe and has become the standard of attention” (“(” the plans of RFK JR. They are very registered and can be the standard of attention. “8).
Scientifically, that is a chicken and egg problem. If you do not allow placebo tests, how exactly certifies a vaccine as “safe and effective”? You can't. Therefore, both positions of the debate have merits. The real danger meets demagogues and ideals.
Advancer Subrahmanyam, Los Angeles
