[estearum]

It probably means that you take the statistical evidence produced by massive double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials as actual evidence

[qsera]

That is not really an evidence unless you yourself eliminate any biases or flaws in the trial methodology.

Even trained professionals fail to do that regularly...

[estearum]

No, not really. The correct claim is "all evidence is imperfect."

But an FDA approved, Phase 3, double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial is the strongest form of evidence that we have for anything at all.

[qsera]

If it is not good enough, then it does not matter if it is the best available. Nature does not give a damn what the best solution humanity can come up with at some arbitrary point in time.

[estearum]

It is absolutely good enough lol. We have effective statistical certainty in the results.

Tell me: how do you know the food you eat is safe? How about the water? The air? Do you take any other medicines?

All of those are less well-understood than the COVID vaccines.

[qsera]

> We have effective statistical certainty in the results.

Only if you blindly trust the entities that is doing the studies.

Seriously, I am not sure how anyone with a couple of brain cells between their ears can do that.

>Tell me: how do you know the food you eat is safe? How about the water? The air?

I don't. But one don't have a choice. But for other things, one certainly do.

[estearum]

No, you really don't need to "blindly trust" the entities doing the studies.

I work in clinical trials. I know how they work. You do not.